Code Comparison between two databases
This script compares the code (SP, Func. etc.) between two databases (say Dev and QA) and reports the objects which have differences.
2009-02-26 (first published: 2007-03-08)
631 reads
Scripts
TEXT/NTEXT Find and Replace
Find And Replace any string, in the entire table with this function. Parameterized for easy use.
2009-02-26 (first published: 2009-02-09)
895 reads
Default Trace Load of All 5 Files
The default trace keeps the last 20 meg of info, and a max of 5 files...This loads all 5 files into a table so it can be reviewed.
2009-02-25 (first published: 2009-02-07)
1,256 reads
2009-02-16 (first published: 2009-02-03)
2,636 reads
2009-02-05 (first published: 2008-05-20)
2,223 reads
Two scripts to spell out numbers in words
These SQL functions will allow you to convert decimal numbers to words
2009-02-02 (first published: 2009-01-22)
2,001 reads
Growth remaining for SQL Server 2005 databases
This script is little bit similar to the one posted for SQL Server 2000 that finds how much space you have left.
2009-01-30 (first published: 2009-01-19)
948 reads
2009-01-26 (first published: 2009-01-08)
941 reads
2009-01-23 (first published: 2009-01-14)
2,015 reads
View - Table Usage (Recursive)
Written to explore the table dependencies of a view, especially when the view queries other views.
2009-01-22 (first published: 2009-01-11)
1,252 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