Expert Systems – an SSRS Approach
An interesting approach to solving a complicated problem using SSRS. Users have too much documentation to read about a process, so Jonathan Spink introduces a better way to do things.
2010-06-22
7,521 reads
Jonathan Spink
SoftArtisans OfficeWriter:Reporting Services Integration
A new product from SoftArtisans makes it easy for Reporting Services users to work in their familiar Word and Excel environments. Longtime author Jonathan Spink brings us a review of this software.
2006-11-01
4,468 reads
Reporting v Editing
In response to his article on using Reporting Services to manage rights, Jonathan Spink takes a look at how Reporting Services can be positioned in your enterprise.
2006-09-12
5,232 reads
A Report to Display and Edit User 'Rights'
Reporting Services is quickly becoming one of the most popular parts of SQL Server and new author Jonathan Spink brings us an interesting use of this subsystem. He explains how Reporting Services can do more than just display data; it can also provide an easy interactive way to make changes without the overhead of a complete .NET application.
2006-08-09
6,927 reads
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There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers