vNext 2016
Steve Jones looks at the next version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2016. Until this week, it was known as vNext.
2015-05-07
277 reads
Editorials
2015-05-04
73 reads
Complete Definitions
When we write scripts, we often assume many settings will be at some default value. When we generate scripts, that's not the case. Perhaps we should be sure that we always include the settings we expect.
2015-05-04
137 reads
Finding Problem Code
This week Steve Jones has a poll on performance tuning code. Since many people aren't experts, the answers this week might help them learn where to focus their efforts.
2015-05-01
227 reads
Is It Time to Upgrade?
Today Steve Jones looks at the reasons for upgrading, or not, from SQL Server 2005.
2015-04-30
211 reads
Email In The Bathroom: Not A Universal Good
Here are some fine, affordable products to completely destroy your work-life balance.
2015-04-27
164 reads
Your Role Is Changing
The DBA role is changing with the growth of DevOps as a way to better build software in an organization.
2015-04-23
232 reads
Security Through Chaos
A company Steve Jones knows uses a diverse network infrastructure to help provide security.
2015-04-22
115 reads
Sweeping out SQL Server 2005
Tony Davis on why the dusty corners of many organizations still hide numerous SQL 2005 instances.
2015-04-20
154 reads
QA for Data
Often DBAs and developers might make quick data changes to correct user problems or application shortfalls. Steve Jones notes that we can make mistakes, and perhaps we should ensure we QA, or at least log, our changes.
2015-04-16
152 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