2008-08-27 (first published: 2008-07-03)
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Scripts
sp_import_errorlog
To import the SQL Server error log into a table, so that it can be queried
Written by: Anand Mahendra Tested on: SQL Server 2000
2008-08-21 (first published: 2008-06-30)
784 reads
2008-08-20 (first published: 2008-06-19)
1,133 reads
2008-08-18 (first published: 2008-06-25)
1,745 reads
Case Cleanup Function
Capitalize the first letter of each new word in the string (clean, efficient, and easy to modify).
2008-08-14
337 reads
ChangeDateTpFirstOfNextMonth
Nothing fancy; just allows you to change a date the the first of the following month. Friend needed this so I thought I would post it here for other newbies.
2008-08-14 (first published: 2008-06-20)
553 reads
2008-08-13 (first published: 2008-06-17)
1,094 reads
How to get list of Stored Procedure
You can use following stored procedure with four optional input parameters to get a list of all stored procedures in the current environment.
2008-08-11
1,076 reads
2008-08-11 (first published: 2008-06-17)
889 reads
Find the port no Get Port SQL Server 2000
This Query is used to Find the port number or Get Port mumber SQL Server 2000 using T-SQL
2008-08-09
1,064 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