The affordable self-service BI revolution has started.
I am officially announcing that I have now become an independent consultant and business owner. Becoming independent has always been...
2012-01-30
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Afterthoughts: IT Pro Camp Orlando 2012
This past Saturday January 21, 2012 I had the opportunity to speak at my first IT Pro Camp in Orlando,...
2012-01-24
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Codeplex: SSIS Community Tasks and Components
I recently bumped into this very exhaustive list of SSIS tasks, components and samples in CodePlex http://ssisctc.codeplex.com. The list is maintained by...
2011-12-14
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Master Data Services Error: Resolving from a long-running stucked Staging Batch with Status “Queued to Clear” or “Not Running”
In some ocassions, you may run into a runaway, long-running or stucked staging batch with Master Data Services in SQL Server 2008...
2011-12-14
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SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services Error: The required .svc handler mappings are not installed in IIS.
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0 (RC 0) has a confirmed issue with Master Data Services configuration. The following error...
2011-11-29
1,734 reads
SQL Saturday 86 BI Edition Tampa 2011: Afterthoughts
Wow! Just Wow! That’s all I can say to describe how great SQL Saturday 86 was on November 5th in Tampa,...
2011-11-16
1,275 reads
The CASE of the missing non-NULL T-SQL Error: None of the result expressions in a CASE specification can be NULL.
Recently, while doing some data scrubbing for a customer I got an interesting error in SSMS with one of my...
2011-11-16
1,876 reads
GiveCamp Tampa 2011
This past weekend I participated at GiveCamp Tampa 2011 (http://www.givecamptampabay.org/) as part as the Worldwide GiveCamp (http://www.givecamp.org) weekend sponsored by...
2011-10-24
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Todo lo que debes saber sobre SSIS en 1 hora!
Gracias a lo asistentes de mi charla Todo lo que debes saber sobre SSIS en 1 hora! en el evento...
2011-10-20
1,314 reads
MDS Error: MDMMemberStatus does not de-activate members through the StgMemberAttribute table
Master Data Services provides a way of de-activating entity members using the StgMemberAttribute table as described in Books On Line...
2011-10-11
1,005 reads
Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
Forums
Large posts full of code not allowed anymore?
Several times now, I've seen a post asking for a solution. I've replied, and...
Data > Hype
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Create and Read the Analysis Services Flight Recorder
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Question of the Day
Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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