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
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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
843 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
494 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
1,356 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
504 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
1,586 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
1,178 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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Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
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Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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