Half a Year
We're halfway through the 2015 year and Steve Jones has a few thoughts for you this holiday weekend.
2015-07-03
81 reads
Editorials
SSMS Maturity
Announcements recently for changes in SSMS mean that the tool many of us rely on is growing up.
2015-07-02
220 reads
Training Computer Scientists
What's the best way to enter this business? Steve Jones has a few thoughts on the traditional CS degree.
2015-07-01
250 reads
The Importance of Our Work
Work is important, and it's a large part of our lives, but Steve Jones notes we need to keep things in perspective.
2015-06-30
136 reads
Not a cloud to be seen
Phil factor find much to admire in the StackOverflow architecture. It is built on SQL Server, doesn't use microservices or the cloud. It all seems a bit retro, but it manages manage 440 million queries a day, peaking at 8500 queries per second, and never even breaks into a sweat.
2015-06-29
132 reads
2015-06-29
319 reads
#SQLNewBlogger
Steve Jones talks about blogging today, how it can help your career, and how easy it can be to get started.
2015-06-25
144 reads
2015-06-24
611 reads
Skill Supply and Demand
Finding staff with the proper skills can be a challenge, and it might be a reason why you choose, or remain with, a particular technology.
2015-06-23
200 reads
The Stress of a Former DBA
Rodney Landrum impresses on his audience the importance of attention to the finer details, during data analysis and reporting.
2015-06-22
227 reads
Blogs
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...
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
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