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
4,376 reads
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)
3,292 reads
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
1,200 reads
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
4,069 reads
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)
6,233 reads
Blogs
The End of Year Vacation Burn
By Steve Jones
It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve...
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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