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
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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
1,285 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
1,887 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
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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
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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