JSSUG Speaker Idol 2012 Review
Last Wednesday at Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG) we held our annual Speaker Idol event. Read more about what...
2012-08-21
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JSSUG Speaker Idol 2012
The Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG) has always encouraged new talent to be added to the pool of local...
2012-08-15
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Visio 2010 Forward Engineer Add-in
Somehow I missed this gem that’s been around for quite a while so I thought I would share it in...
2012-08-08
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OLAP PivotTable Extensions Update
OLAP PivotTable Extensions is a really cool free add-in for Excel that’s been around for quite a while now. It...
2012-07-31
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SSRS – Using Lookup Function for Multiple Column Join
When SQL Server 2008 R2 was released several new Reporting Services expressions were made available that would help join multiple...
2012-07-27
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Office 2013 Preview – Enabling PowerPivot in Excel
With the Office 2013 announcements today I was excited to download and get my hands on the tools. Because this is still...
2012-07-18 (first published: 2012-07-17)
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Building Your First Power View Report
This has been reposted from a guest blog post I wrote on the Microsoft Business Intelligence team blog.
Fulfilling User Needs
Developing a...
2012-07-16
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SQL Lunch #68 – Designing Your First Power View Report
Next week I will be speaking on designing your first Power View report for SQL Lunch. Be sure to join me...
2012-07-11
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Identifying Long Running SQL Agent Jobs Script
I’m usually pretty hesitant to share scripts I write because inevitably it will get torn to pieces, but in this...
2012-07-08
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Using Excel Macro (.xlsm) Enabled Files in SSIS
Recently while working for a client that was running SQL Server 2008 R2 I was tasked with loading an Excel...
2012-07-05 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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Blogs
SQL Training Black Friday Deals
By Brian Kelley
If you're looking for particular "Black Friday" deals, here is what I've seen advertised...
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files?
By SQLPals
Dry-run xp_delete_file Before Actually Deleting Files? xp_delete_file doesn’t really have a...
Happy Thanksgiving! (USA Holiday)
By Brian Kelley
In the United States, today is Thanksgiving. The intent behind the holiday is to...
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A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers