MDX Functions: TopCount
The MultiDimensional eXpressions, or MDX, language is used to query the data in a multidimensional in an OLAP database. In the...
2012-03-12
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Date Dimension Script with Fiscal Year
One dimension you can be positive will always make it’s way into your data warehouse is the Date dimension. Over...
2012-03-06
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Introduction to SharePoint BI Webinar Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 11AM Eastern time I will be presenting a FREE webinar for Pragmatic Works (website) on Introduction to SharePoint...
2012-03-06
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Speaking At SQL Saturday #110 in Tampa
I got word this week that one of my sessions for the upcoming SQL Saturday #110 in Tampa, FL was...
2012-02-10
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The Windows Search Engine Is Currently Disabled
If you have ever gotten this error message you may have been left scratching your head wondering why…kinda like me.
The...
2012-01-16
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Check Version of SharePoint 2010 Currently Installed
There are several ways to check the version of SharePoint 2010 currently installed in your environment. That about sums up...
2012-01-11
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The local farm is not accessible. Cmdlets with FeatureDependencyId are not registered.
You may fire up the SharePoint 2010 Management Shell (which allows you to run PowerShell commands to do cool SharePoint...
2012-01-05
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SharePoint 2010 Your Backup Is From A Different Version Of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation
Restoring a SharePoint site collection can be a pretty easy task. If your interested in how to do that check...
2012-01-04
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VirtualBox – Cannot Register the Hard Drive Because a Hard Drive with UUID Already Exists
Virtualization is awesome! It really helps when you are a developer. On my laptop I don’t even have SQL Server...
2011-12-21
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Mark a Disk Partition as Inactive
If you are like me then you like to reinstall Windows on your laptop every few months to keep things...
2011-12-20
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Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
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Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers