Pragmatic Works is on YouTube !
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There is some great...
2010-02-20
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Quotes in Calculation Tab
A quick clarification on something I said the other day to a group of students in one of our quick...
2010-02-20
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Selecting Top N Rows from Excel Source
Excel is a significant source of data in most enterprises. Therefore there is a large amount of Excel work being...
2010-02-20
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SSAS Query Processing and Performance Tuning
Any of us can work with some simple MDX queries and get them to do what we want, but in...
2010-02-20
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Testing Security in SSAS
Security in SSAS is a simple yet powerful application of windows integrated security. MDX adds extra power to this by...
2010-02-20
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Using MDX to work with the File System
There are sometimes some cool things you can do with a language that is not really it’s primary focus. T-SQL...
2010-02-20
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Why don’t lookup columns appear in no match output?
I often get asked when we are discussing loading dimension tables in SSIS, why the key columns from the table...
2010-02-20
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Recent Speaking
Ok Guys and Gals. I know I have been a slow blogger thus far in 2010. To try and make...
2010-02-08
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Stop Splashing with –NoSplash
Many times when I'm teaching a class or working with a group, they express frustration at the load time for...
2009-12-18
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Load Windows 7 with a Thumb Drive
With the explosion of Netbooks, it has become important to find new ways to load operating systems. I recently picked...
2009-12-11
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Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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