Excellent article. It's a nice break from "standard" languages, even though that's how I get the most money.

There's a quote from Celko which (paraphrased) to be good with SQL is to forget how to program.

I figure that's almost like what XSLT 1.0 (which I miss because it would separate the men from the boys) was for a lot of people: you can't look at it procedurally.

Is there a better version of the "Analysis Services" diagram?

I cranked the resolution to practically nothing and used my reading glasses to no joy.