I'm trying to decide on a development strategy to satisfy the reporting needs in my organization. I would like to increase our efficiency in responding to report requests, while minimizing our maintenance burden. Two topics that I would like to dig in to are Report Parts and Subreports. Can you provide some considerations for using one versus the other?
2011-03-11
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The UNION, EXCEPT and INTERSECT operators of SQL enable you to combine more than one SELECT statement to form a single result set. Rob Sheldon explains all, with plenty of examples.
2011-03-10
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While looking through the new features and improvements in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) we found a potentially interesting one to Hide System Objects in Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio. In this tip we will take a look at how to Hide System Objects in Object Explorer.
2011-03-09
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In a previous blogs, I discussed what shared schedules were and walked you through step by step instructions on how...
2011-03-09
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I rarely use filters in my SSRS reports. However, this was a client requirement. When we attempted to use the...
2011-03-09
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Join this webinar from Pluralsight, a very well known developer training company. Learn how SQL Source Control can help you keep track of your code.
2011-03-08
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SQL Server is able to make implicit use of parallelism to speed SQL queries. Quite how it does it, and how you can be sure that it is doing so, isn't entirely obvious to most of us. Paul White begins a series that makes it all seem simple, starting at the gentle level of counting Jelly Beans.
2011-03-08
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This challenge invites you to write a query that converts binary values into decimal format.
2011-03-07
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When I read various forums about SQL Server, I frequently see questions from deeply mystified posters. They have identified a slow query or stored procedure in their application. They cull the SQL batch from the application and run it in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to analyse it, only to find that the response is instantaneous. At this point they are inclined to think that SQL Server is all about magic. A similar mystery is when a developer has extracted a query in his stored procedure to run it stand-alone only to find that it runs much faster – or much slower – than inside the procedure.
2011-03-07
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The second part of Steve Jones' series on coding standards within SQL Server.
2011-03-04 (first published: 2002-07-01)
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In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
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In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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