Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL Server 2005
This article explores the options available in SQL Server 2005 for Slowly Changing Dimensions.
Getting Organized
As DBAs we should be very detail oriented, but Steve Jones talks about some challenges with keeping up with your tasks and projects and some software that might help.
Microsoft DPM
This is a product that we have not heard much about, but Microsoft has a Data Protection Manager, designed to help ensure you can recover your databases by centralizing your backup files. Author Jay Dave brings us a short overview on this product.
Using Reporting Services to Search the SQL Server Log
A unique solution that allows Reporting Services to easily publish information from your SQL Server Error logs.
Recognizing Talent
Microsoft made a sizeable big for Yahoo and Steve Jones talks about one of the more interesting aspects of that bid that didn't receive much press.
Recognizing Talent
Microsoft made a sizeable big for Yahoo and Steve Jones talks about one of the more interesting aspects of that bid that didn't receive much press.
Recognizing Talent
Microsoft made a sizeable big for Yahoo and Steve Jones talks about one of the more interesting aspects of that bid that didn't receive much press.
Simplify SQL Server 2005 queries with a Dates table
Learn what a Dates table is and how to create one, and then try it out for yourself
SQL Server source code analysis and management adds database security
SQL Server source code analysis and management add database security by debugging and testing SQL applications. Learn about SQL source code analysis.
Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
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...
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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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