SQL Saturday 62 – Tampa FL – January 15th 2011
On January 15th, 2011, SQL Saturday is once again coming to Tampa Florida. This is going to be a tremendous...
2010-12-18
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Brian K. McDonald
Two Digit Year Cutoff
I couldn't sleep this morning and decided to wake up and catch up on my email when I noticed a video link...
2010-12-15
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Group Level Page Numbering using Reporting Services 2008 R2
Using SQL Server Reporting Services, we have always had the ability to use the built in fields (the Globals collection)...
2010-12-14
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Adding Existing Reports to Reporting Services Solution
If you’re anything like me, you create a ton of objects and have them in various projects. And sometimes, you...
2010-12-13
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URL Based Images using SSRS
For header images, I typically embed an image into the report. However, there may be times when you need to...
2010-12-13
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Automating the Processing of a Measure Groups Index Using SSIS
In a recent post (Processing a Measure Groups Index Using SSMS), I showed you how to utilize SQL Server Management...
2010-12-07
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Processing a Measure Groups Index Using SSMS
As I had mentioned in a previous blog (Creating and processing an Analysis Services partition), instead of processing an entire...
2010-12-02
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SQL Server Magazine’s Favorite Go-To Websites for SQL Server Solutions
While flipping through this month’s SQL Server Magazine (December 2010), I came across what I thought was a very interesting...
2010-11-30
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SSIS Package Annotation in Denali
If you are anything like me, you document your SSIS packages for those who may have to maintain them after...
2010-11-30
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Column Based Indexing in Denali
Recently, I was asked to install Denali for a client because one of the employees attended PASS 2010 and had...
2010-11-24
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Restoring On Top II
I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server:
-- run yesterday CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2 GO USE DNRTest2 GO CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT) GOToday, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this:
-- run today USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens? See possible answers