Finding Unused Database Roles
This is a data quality script that locates unused Database Roles for maintenance purposes
2012-07-24 (first published: 2012-07-05)
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BusinessDaysToCalendarDays (For Unusual Business Weeks)
Tells how many calendar days are needed to complete a number of bussines days starting in a defined day of the week.
2012-07-23 (first published: 2012-07-04)
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BussinesDaysToCalendarDays
Tells how many calendar days are needed to complete a number of bussines days starting in a specified week day. Any comments? Let me know =D.
2012-07-20 (first published: 2012-07-04)
849 reads
get all values separated by commas
How to get all values separated by commas, with only a SELECT query and a variable.
2012-07-19 (first published: 2012-07-03)
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Function to Split Multivalued Parameter
This Function is written to split Multivalued Parameter passed by Reporting Services 2005.
2012-07-16 (first published: 2007-08-01)
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2012-07-13 (first published: 2008-03-20)
2,218 reads
TopBlocker
Script to log top blocker processes in a database. Top blocker is defined as the process that is at the top of a blocking chain.
2012-07-12 (first published: 2007-10-30)
3,019 reads
Check Used Table Space for User Defined Tables
Query the System Tables to find the space usage, which helps Database Administrators identify the Tables that are using the most space.
2012-07-11 (first published: 2012-07-04)
1,268 reads
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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