Adding Parameter Values to a Drop Down List Box
In a recent article (Reporting Services Parameters Not Updating), I showed how report parameters are not automatically updated upon adding...
2010-06-12
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Brian K. McDonald
Filter Jobs using SQL Server Job Activity Monitor
Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), we have the capability of quickly looking at job related information to verify things...
2010-06-09
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Get Index Details
We all know that indexes on tables help performance. However, sometimes too much indexing could affect performance as well. One...
2010-06-07
590 reads
Interactive Sort Order using Reporting Services 2008
Sorting results in a tabular style report is a common request from business users. Sometimes, they want to see the...
2010-06-07
844 reads
Tech Ed Conference 2010 – New Orleans
SUNDAY 6/6/2010
While sitting in the conference center for Tech Ed 2010, I thought, why not blog about my trip. Even...
2010-06-07
495 reads
Alternating Group Colors and Alternating Row Colors
Alternating Group Colors and Alternating Row Colors
After posting my recent blog about Alternating Group Colors, I’ve been asked several times...
2010-06-04
1,357 reads
Alternating Group Colors
Formatting reports can be a fun process. I personally look at myself as a Monet or Picasso when creating my...
2010-06-02
505 reads
Flipping a Table Sideways
Not too often, someone asks for a strange request like wanting to pivot on every single value inside a table....
2010-05-28
1,588 reads
Using PATINDEX to Split Column Data
A colleague of mine received an Excel file that he needed to load into a table for future lookup values....
2010-05-20
1,181 reads
Running Totals Using Reporting Services
Sometimes one may need to see a running number that represents a quantity for a period of time. For example,...
2010-05-12
1,458 reads
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A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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