2015-12-29 (first published: 2015-12-09)
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Scripts
Add empty first step for every job
This script adds empty first step for every job for easier job history viewing.
2015-12-28 (first published: 2015-12-10)
1,892 reads
2015-12-25 (first published: 2015-12-17)
1,737 reads
String Search
Search for a string value within columns of data types CHAR, NCHAR, NTEXT, NVARCHAR, TEXT, VARCHAR, XML.
2015-12-24 (first published: 2012-03-19)
6,803 reads
Object Search
Procedure to search any database (or a combination of databases, including all) for a specific string found in column names, object names, and / or object definitions.
2015-12-23 (first published: 2009-04-29)
5,054 reads
2015-12-22 (first published: 2012-11-26)
3,423 reads
Know read and write ratio before you tune database performance
A script to get the user table query ratio and update radio,etc
2015-12-21 (first published: 2015-12-11)
1,806 reads
2015-12-18 (first published: 2015-12-09)
4,651 reads
SQL server Service, Account, Trace Flag info
This script outputs sql server service, start type, status, Service Account, installation location, start up time, uptime of sql server related services along with startup trace flags.
2015-12-17 (first published: 2015-12-09)
1,154 reads
Script to configure Log File Size for Large DBs
Use this script to set recommended Log files size growth for larger DBs. For more, please refer article: http://sqlmag.com/blog/choosing-default-sizes-your-data-and-log-files
2015-12-15 (first published: 2015-12-07)
1,249 reads
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The Empty Aggregate
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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