Masking Data
As DBAs we go to great lengths to ensure the security of our production data. But what happens when it moves off of a production server?
2015-10-28 (first published: 2008-03-07)
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Editorials
From Great Idea to End Result
IT is too slow. That was a quote that inspired this piece from Steve Jones that talks about the need for IT to be more flexible and agile in their efforts. That includes the data professional in their modeling.
2015-10-27 (first published: 2011-05-24)
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The Hot Jobs
This week Steve looks at the hot jobs that are going to have pay increases in the coming year.
2015-10-26
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Positive or Negative
Today Steve Jones wonders if the way you choose to design a database says something about you.
2015-10-23
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The Dangers of Travel
As data professionals, we might carry lots of information with us that relates to our organization. Will we get caught up in government issues as we cross borders?
2015-10-22
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An Out of Date CAP
The CAP Theorem talks about the properties of distributed systems, and how you can really only have two of them in any system.
2015-10-21
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On Learning from Experience and Misfortune
Phil Factor on learning from mistakes. Preferably other people's.
2015-10-19
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The Poor Soul
What should those accidental DBAs do when they don't get any training, but they are responsible for database servers? Steve Jones has a few pieces of advice today.
2015-10-15 (first published: 2011-05-11)
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Learn to Use Filegroups
Filegroups are a feature of SQL Server that most people don't use, but they can help you to better manage your databases as your data requirements grow larger and larger.
2015-10-13 (first published: 2011-05-12)
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Deploying tech to the cloud
There is a world of difference between technology originating in or designed for the cloud and technology that predates but can run in the cloud.
2015-10-12
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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...
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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