2015-11-09
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Editorials
The Lost Laptop Crisis
Losing a laptop isn't something most of us would want to deal with, usually because of the expense. However, there may be other implications that concern you. Share your worries with us today.
2015-11-06
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Crossing Azure Borders
Steve Jones is pleased to see some changes at Azure that make the database a stronger platform.
2015-11-05
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SQL Safety Nets
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy talks about the things that help us out when we forget to handle some aspect of server administration. These safety nets can be handy, but should they be there? Should we have more of them? Join the discussion.
2015-11-05 (first published: 2011-06-09)
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2015-11-04
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Virtual Failback
The pressure to move to virtual systems is increasing, but is there a fallback if you have issues?
2015-11-03
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Secret Software Security
The move to limit disclosure of vulnerabilities continues, with potential issues for many of us.
2015-11-02
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SQL Injection - The Revenge
As yet more personal details are spilled by preventable security lapses, what's
2015-11-02
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2015-10-30
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Leave Developers Alone
Interruptions are the enemy of productivity for creative people, like software developers. Steve Jones talks today about the need for quiet time.
2015-10-29 (first published: 2011-07-25)
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Blogs
AI Helps Me with My Sloppiness
By Steve Jones
I type fairly well. Well, I type fast, but I do wear out a...
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
I’m sure you’ve all heard the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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How We Handled a Vendor Retry That Loaded Twice in Snowflake
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Cognitive Coverage
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Question of the Day
Getting the Average
I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers