2012-01-20 (first published: 2011-12-16)
1,019 reads
Scripts
create jobs script for 2000 2005 or 2008
will create jobs script for backup or DR purposes to install on another server.
2012-01-18 (first published: 2011-12-15)
2,168 reads
poor mans archival of backup files and tran logs to alternate location
This script will backup your files that have changed only. old files will not be copied just newer ones.
2012-01-17 (first published: 2011-09-20)
719 reads
Create bank holidays table
Do you know what happens if a holiday falls on a weekend? This script will help you.
2012-01-16 (first published: 2011-12-14)
3,080 reads
Who did what?
This select will show the last sql statement for every open session plus many helpfull information.
2012-01-13 (first published: 2008-03-04)
4,215 reads
Display row value as a TABLE column using SQL select statement
Display row value as a TABLE column using SQL select statement
2012-01-12 (first published: 2007-10-26)
4,727 reads
2012-01-11 (first published: 2008-04-16)
5,172 reads
Script foreign keys
Using this script you can create a list of sql commands for foreign keys manipulation.
2012-01-10 (first published: 2007-11-02)
5,423 reads
2012-01-09 (first published: 2007-11-13)
4,909 reads
2012-01-06 (first published: 2008-02-15)
7,312 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