2010-03-29 (first published: 2010-03-24)
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Scripts
Finding rows count in a table without Select...
Here is a one more very quick way to find row count for a table.
2010-03-26 (first published: 2010-03-23)
5,383 reads
Credit Card Number Validation Escalar Function
Evaluate credit card numbers based on ISO 2894 algorithm.
2010-03-24 (first published: 2010-03-17)
1,923 reads
Script to get Phonetic Pronunciation of a given password
This script displays Phonetic Pronunciation of a given password
2010-03-22 (first published: 2010-03-12)
1,391 reads
2010-03-17 (first published: 2010-03-04)
1,531 reads
EXECute SQL Commands over entire sets of parameters!
A super-powered EXEC on steroids, the Power Tool every DBA wants for Christmas.
2010-03-16 (first published: 2010-03-04)
2,931 reads
Unused Objects in the Server
This Script is used to List out the objects lying in the box which were un used from the day of the sql server recycled.
2010-03-09 (first published: 2010-02-18)
1,922 reads
ServerProperty query with case function
Returns all properties from ServerProperty, also has a case function for EditionID and EngineEdition.
2010-03-08 (first published: 2010-02-18)
1,373 reads
Fix users for SQL 7 thru 2008
This script will either reoprt or 'fix' lost or orphaned users after restore for all versions of SQL.
2010-02-24 (first published: 2010-02-04)
2,254 reads
See the compile time
Useful if you think a SQL statement, Function, or SPROC is taking too long to compile.
2010-02-23 (first published: 2010-02-04)
972 reads
Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
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...
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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