2008-01-29 (first published: 2007-11-23)
1,969 reads
Scripts
2008-01-28 (first published: 2007-12-03)
1,705 reads
Server Login/Role And DB User/Role Script
This script will produce the server login/role and db user/role in all databases in the server.It is best advised that you first delete/recreate orphaned users for best results
2008-01-25 (first published: 2007-11-27)
3,794 reads
2008-01-24
1,236 reads
Locate specific columns used in procs
SP to find object and line number that references column(s) of interest.
2008-01-24 (first published: 2007-11-21)
1,024 reads
2005 Database Monitor RDL for Management Studio
RDL for use in MSSSQL 2005's Management Studio (custom reports).
2008-01-18 (first published: 2007-09-25)
2,695 reads
Check Availability Window - SQL2k
This script allows you to check the several availability windows for the current day.
2008-01-18 (first published: 2007-10-29)
1,084 reads
Making a table out of a list
Sometimes you are given a list of values in a stored procedure that you want to use in an "IN" clause. This is a common in Reporting Services multi value parameters.
2008-01-15 (first published: 2007-11-15)
1,005 reads
2008-01-14
989 reads
Generating number sequences
Two queries below show one of many ways how You can generate a sequence of numbers.
2008-01-14
925 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