Function for String Occurences Count
This function is used to get the particular string occurences count from the given input string.
2015-01-16 (first published: 2014-12-16)
1,133 reads
Scripts
Find Deny permissions on database objects
This script allows the DBA to quickly determine if a deny statement is stopping a user from accessing db objects.
2015-01-14 (first published: 2014-12-17)
7,036 reads
Calculate Temperature - Most Advanced UOC
This function is used to calculate the actual unit of conversion for temperature.
2015-01-09 (first published: 2014-12-11)
1,023 reads
Calculate Angle - Most Advanced UOC
This function is used to calculate the actual unit of conversion for angle.
2015-01-06 (first published: 2014-12-10)
656 reads
Calculate Area - Most Advanced UOC
This function is used to calculate the actual unit of conversion for area.
2015-01-02 (first published: 2014-12-10)
694 reads
Calculate Mass/Weight - Most Advanced UOC
This function is used to calculate the actual unit of conversion for mass.
2015-01-01 (first published: 2014-12-10)
553 reads
Dynamic Script to Generate Backup Script
Use this script to generate BACKUP DATABASE scripts for selective or all databases during Instance or Database migration.
2014-12-31 (first published: 2014-12-10)
1,304 reads
Calculate Energy - Most Advanced UOC
This function is used to calculate the actual unit of conversion for energy.
2014-12-30 (first published: 2014-12-11)
725 reads
All OS version info in one function
Always wanted to know the OS details? This function tells you everything (MSSQL 2008R2 and newer version only)
2014-12-29 (first published: 2014-12-06)
1,539 reads
2014-12-25 (first published: 2014-12-04)
1,122 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