Explore the Role of Normal Forms in Dimensional Modeling
In this tip we walk through an exercise of developing a data model based on the characteristics of the data requirements.
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Three SQL Server MVPs (Jonathan Kehayias, Ted Krueger and Gail Shaw) provide fascinating insight into the most common SQL Server problems, why they occur, and how they can be diagnosed using tools such as Performance Monitor, Dynamic Management Views and server-side tracing. The focus is on practical solutions for removing root causes of these problems, rather than "papering over the cracks".
Monitoring Amazon RDS SQL Servers with SQL Monitor v11
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Handling the Duplication of Records
Learn how to easily identify and remove duplicate records when you discover them.
Static Hosting with Azure Blob Storage and Azure CDN
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NoSqlOnSql
Introduction NoSqlOnSql is a strict syntactical superset of SQL; it adds NoSQL document-oriented capabilities to the SQL language. For this, it uses uses JSON-like documents, integrating them into the normal flow of SQL statements. NoSqlOnSql is based on augmenting a SQL database to support NoSQL features without any kernel changes. In this sense it is […]
The Separation of Tools
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Managing Power BI Workspaces with PowerShell
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SQL IntelliSense and Autocomplete in SSMS
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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