Why oh Why? Effects of Antivirus on a DB Server
At best these phantom backups cause undue headache in troubleshooting. At worst, they make it impossible to recover in the event of a database related disaster. Join me for...
2019-11-20
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Why oh Why? Effects of Antivirus on a DB Server
At best these phantom backups cause undue headache in troubleshooting. At worst, they make it impossible to recover in the event of a database related disaster. Join me for...
2019-11-28 (first published: 2019-11-20)
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Your First Jupyter Notebook
In April, I said I was going to start learning Jupyter Notebooks. It’s November. Let’s get going with your first Jupyter Notebook. A quick aside before we start. I...
2019-11-28 (first published: 2019-11-19)
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Upcoming Free Webinars on Database Development and Operations
Fall is in swing, and it’s officially webinar season! Here’s a bunch of free events I’ve got on my calendar. Weekly Database DevOps Live Chats – a new experiment...
2019-11-19
25 reads
Getting Started With Python For Data Exploration
Intro
To get started with running python queries with SQL Server is actually pretty easy. I waited far too long to tackle this, thinking it was much harder than it...
2019-11-19
31 reads
Getting Started With Python For Data Exploration
Intro To get started with running python queries with SQL Server is actually pretty easy. I waited far too long to tackle this, thinking it was much harder than...
2019-11-19
15 reads
Using Visual Studio Code
I’m a creature of habit. I have my routine when I get to my hotel room on business trips. I have a way I like my email and notes...
2019-11-19
18 reads
Using Visual Studio Code
I’m a creature of habit. I have my routine when I get to my hotel room on business trips. I have a way I like my email and notes...
2019-11-19
28 reads
Using Visual Studio Code
I’m a creature of habit. I have my routine when I get to my hotel room on business trips. I have a way I like my email and notes...
2019-11-19
30 reads
Using Visual Studio Code
I’m a creature of habit. I have my routine when I get to my hotel room on business trips. I have a way I like my email and notes...
2019-11-27 (first published: 2019-11-19)
1,211 reads
Blogs
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
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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...
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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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