The Exceptional DBA Awards
Seeking to recognize DBAs for the work they do, the Exceptional DBA Awards are open for nominations. Steve Jones talks a bit about the event.
Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Data Mining
Get an overview of typical data mining problems and the tools and models that are available in SQL Server 2005 for solving these problems.
Selecting the database recovery model to ensure proper backups
One of the first things that should be done when managing SQL Server is to setup an appropriate backup plan in order to minimize any data loss in the event of a failure. Along with setting up a backup plan there are certain database configurations that need to be setup to ensure you are able to backup databases correctly. In this tip we will look at the different recovery models that SQL Server offers and how to choose a recovery model for your database.
Telecommuting – Thinking Outside the Cube
The concept of telecommuting is arguably the most controversial working arrangement to evolve from the 1990's technological revolution. Tim Ford explains what it requires to work remotely – not just the tools you need, but the also character traits.
The Differences Between SQL Server 2000 and 2005 - Part 2
Steve Jones continues with his look at how SQL Server 2005 differs from SQL Server 2000, this time tackling the differences from a developer perspective.
Dimension Attributes: Introduction and Overview, Part III
Join Business Intelligence Architect Bill Pearson as he continues his subseries surrounding components of the Analysis Services dimensional model. In this article we continue our introduction to dimension attributes, focusing upon the Misc group of attribute properties.
The Exceptional DBA Awards
Seeking to recognize DBAs for the work they do, the Exceptional DBA Awards are open for nominations. Steve Jones talks a bit about the event.
The Exceptional DBA Awards
Seeking to recognize DBAs for the work they do, the Exceptional DBA Awards are open for nominations. Steve Jones talks a bit about the event.
The Exceptional DBA Awards
Seeking to recognize DBAs for the work they do, the Exceptional DBA Awards are open for nominations. Steve Jones talks a bit about the event.
Trash Destination Adapter
The Trash Destination and this article came from early experiences of using SSIS and community feedback at the time. When developing a package it is very useful to have a destination adapter that does nothing but consume rows with no setup requirement. You often want run a package part way through development, or just add a path so you can set a Data Viewer.
Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
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The Goldilocks problem – Materialized Views
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Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
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One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
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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