Error: No mapping between account names and security IDs was done
I recently decided to move over to Windows 8 so I can take advantage of Hyper-V and get off a...
2012-09-04
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The INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR command line value is not valid.
I was recently making some changes to my laptop setup and installing SQL Server 2008R2 and SQL Server 2012 directly...
2012-08-28
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Internal error: Invalid enumeration value. Please call customer support! is not a valid value for this element.
If you have done a lot of work with SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) you may have seen this message:
We’ve...
2012-08-21
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Modify Host File on Windows 7
Modifying the Windows host file can be a great way to ensure that you don’t accidentally modify production while doing...
2012-08-14
1,188 reads
View Flat File Contents Using PowerShell
We have all been there; you need to take a look at the data inside a file. Sure you can...
2012-08-07
1,782 reads
Exporting Data Using BCP
BCP, or bulk copy program, has been around in SQL Server for a long time. It is a great way...
2012-08-03 (first published: 2012-07-31)
10,503 reads
Color Expressions in SSAS Calculations
Color expressions in SSAS allow you to build an MDX expression to control the color of text displayed in a...
2012-07-27
1,689 reads
Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Beta
If you follow anything outside the regular SQL Server world coming from Microsoft it should be Office and more importantly...
2012-07-17
1,337 reads
PowerPivot for Excel 2013
The preview for Office 2013 is live!! You can hop over to the Microsoft website and grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/try-office-preview. Naturally...
2012-07-17
5,299 reads
PowerPivot for Excel Now 2012 Only
I’m not exactly sure when this happened, but it looks like Microsoft has moved past the PowerPivot 2008R2 and PowerPivot...
2012-07-17
875 reads
Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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