Adding to SQL Server
This week Steve Jones wonders what you might want to add to SQL Server. With SQL Server 2016 likely in the early planning stages, where would you want to see the development effort focused.
Database Mirroring Setup
This great tutorial shows how to set up database mirroring across two instances in a virtual environment.
Reduce Time for SQL Server Index Rebuilds and Update Statistics
This tip will explore two features to speed up SQL Server index and statistics maintenance in the SQL Server Enterprise, Standard and Express editions.
Finding “Active” Rows for the Previous Month (SQL Spackle)
SQL Server MVP Jeff Moden walks us through the classic problem of finding all the "Active" rows for the previous month using start and end dates. This is excellent for those new to T-SQL.
Backup to the right location, by default
How do you configure where your database backups are created? Do you have problems updating all of your backup jobs if the backup location needs to change? See how you can make use of Windows settings and a few lines of simple TSQL to have total control over where you database backups are created.
SQL Saturday #273 Tampa. FL
SQL Saturday is coming to Tampa, Florida on February 22, 2014. SQL Saturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This is a free event, so register early to secure your place.
The DBA is Dead
Is the DBA Dead? Steve Jones scoffs at the notion put forth in an article and says we'll be using DBAs for a long time. He does, however, admit the role is changing.
Getting Starting with Change Data Capture (CDC) in SQL Server – Part 1
Starting with SQL Server 2008, two different in-built mechanisms identify DML changes at the source table so that only changed data sets can be considered for data pulled from the source table to load into the data warehouse. These two in-built mechanisms are Change Data Capture (CDC) and Change Tracking (CT).
Forum Etiquette: How to post Reporting Services problems
Learn how to post sample reports to the forums in order to get SSRS help
Servicing SQL Server in the Future
There hasn't been a service pack for SQL Server in a long time. Without knowing the plans for the future, Steve Jones asks you to express your own opinions.
Blogs
AI Helps Me with My Sloppiness
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WITH clause gets a 26ai boost!
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Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
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