2008-12-01
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Articles
2008-12-01
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2008-12-01
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The Date Dimension in Analysis Services
Data warehousing author and expert, Vincent Rainardi, brings us a new article that looks at one of the most frequently used dimensions in Analysis Services.
2008-11-28
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FAQ: SQL Server Reporting Services
Troubleshoot SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) issues such as configuration, report designs and importing and exporting report data using Excel.
2008-11-28
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What's new in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services?
New features in SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services mean improved charting and increased memory. Learn more about SSRS performance upgrades in SQL 2008.
2008-11-28
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Calculate the Running Total for the last five Transactions
Calculate the Running Total for the last five Transactions on an Iterative basis
2008-11-27
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Using SSIS Precedence Constraints - SQL School Video
MVP Brian Knight shows how you can use precedence constraints to control the flow of your SSIS packages.
2008-11-27
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Backup or transfer SSIS Packages
How can you backup your SSIS packages? I've been asked several times, and the answer is it depends. Where do you store your packages? SSIS Package Store The SSIS package store is just a folder on disk, so regular file system backups should suffice, or you can backup that folder specifically.
2008-11-27
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SQL Server Preproduction Tasks
What are some of the things that you need to do before you sign off and hand it over to production? What do you need to do to keep the server running smoothly?
2008-11-26
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers