Sending multiple rows to the Database from an Application: Part I
New author Mohd Nizamuddin brings us the start of a series that talks abuot how you can send multiple rows to the database from an application.
Manage Database Projects With Visual Studio 2010
This article demonstrates how to manage database projects with Visual Studio 2010.
Data Distribution - Part 2
In the second part of this series, Leo Peysakhovich provides a mechanism for tracking real time data changes.
Free Training Webinar Series - October
A series of free webinars from Pragmatic Works that cover a variety of topics in October.
From One of the Pack to ‘Top Dog’ – Honeymoon Period Over!
In part two of his editorial series on moving to being a manager, Justin H-Davies talks about the challenges that are evolving of being a manager.
A Haunting TSQL Tuesday Tale
Time for the ghouls and goblins to come out of the woodwork once again for another tale of deception and...
Policy-based Management and Central Management Servers
Whilst it may be more exciting as a DBA to rush around fixing broken databases, it is far better to forestall problems by making sure that your servers conform with best-practices. It is even better if you can also manage your servers centrally, and monitor that they are all adhering to company policies.
T-SQL Tuesday #12 - Misconceptions
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and I’m happy to participate again. This is a monthly blog party started by...
SQLSaturday#59 Speaker Session Schedule Announced
SQL Saturday is bringing a free day of training to NYC this November.
Writing Nearly Codeless Apps: Part 2
In this article, learn why it makes sense to build a more standarized, more robust database based on rules and see how data modeling works in the RAP software.
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