PASS Summit 2019 Photowalk
This was my first year joining the Summit Photowalk organized by Jamie Wick (blog | twitter). I had a lot of fun - Seattle is full of great photo...
2019-11-29
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Woman in STEM award 2019!
gethynellis.com is proud to sponsor the Woman in STEM award at the Woman’s Business Club conference 2019! The Women in STEM award recognises the outstanding contributions of woman in...
2019-11-28
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Woman in STEM award 2019!
gethynellis.com is proud to sponsor the Woman in STEM award at the Woman’s Business Club conference 2019! The Women in STEM award recognises the outstanding contributions of woman in...
2019-12-13 (first published: 2019-11-28)
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My Git CLI Cheat Sheet
I created a cheat sheet for the Git Command Line Interface to go along with my Git tutorial for SQL Change Automation video. I find the Git CLI to...
2019-11-27
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Is it true that editing a single row in Management Studio empties and reloads the entire table?
TL;DR: No. A customer recently brought up an interesting thesis, that if you edit a table’s values using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) using the edit feature, that the...
2019-11-27
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Bad Idea Cowboy Hat: BEGIN TRANSACTION; GO 1000;
One of my favorite presentations is Revenge the SQL by Rob Volk (blog|twitter). It’s a demonstration of a lot of ... Continue reading
2019-12-12 (first published: 2019-11-27)
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How Serverless is Working in Azure SQL Database
When Azure SQL Database introduced the serverless option, I decided to try it. I moved one of my databases to the tier, though I had to move to a...
2019-12-10 (first published: 2019-11-27)
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PASS Summit 2019 Wrap-Up
I’m home from PASS Summit 2019, recovered from the travel, and in the post-Summit “I miss #SQLFamily” funk. Time to recap the week, maybe a bit differently than it’s...
2019-11-27
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Fixing the ‘Failed to generate the compressed file for module ‘C:Program Filesdotnetdotnet.exe’ error when deploying to the PowerShell Gallery using Azure DevOps
The PowerShell module for validating your SQL Server estate dbachecks is deployed via Azure DevOps, you can see how it is working (or not) via this link
Grrr Automation for...
2019-11-26
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Install ALL Things SQL Server… What?
Does your server look like this? Many of us have inherited a SQL Server instance that has all SQL Services installed. Someone, maybe even you, went through the SQL...
2019-12-10 (first published: 2019-11-26)
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Blogs
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
Forums
Let's Talk Certifications
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The Hidden Security Risks of Role Combination in SSAS Tabular
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The Empty Aggregate
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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