SQL Server 2016 Row-level Security and SSRS a perfect match
In this blog I will explain and demonstrate how to leverage a new feature in SQL Server 2016, Row Level...
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-02-08)
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Patrick LeBlanc
Upcoming SQL Saturday Precon Sessions (Update!!!!)
Wow, Power BI is making a tidal wave in the BI industry. New features are being released regularly and blog posts...
2016-02-08
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From the Power BI dashboard to a specific page in a Report
Recently, I was working with a customer designing Power BI reports and dashboards. Everything was going great until she asked...
2016-01-25
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Quick Tip: Why Can’t I Pin an Excel Range to a Power BI Dashboard?
So two new exciting capabilities were announced recently in Power BI. One involved Excel and the other SSRS, but they...
2015-12-17 (first published: 2015-12-14)
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Sentiment Analysis with Power BI
I was recently asked by a customer to help them do some Text analysis of course evaluation data. They wanted...
2015-12-09 (first published: 2015-12-02)
4,218 reads
Atlanta BI Edition SQL Saturday Precon
The explosion of Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities coming from Microsoft these days have left many of us in a frenzy. ...
2015-12-03
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Orlando SQL Saturday Precon – Transform and Visualize Data with Power BI
I found out a couple of weeks ago that I will speaking at the Orlando SQL Saturdayfor the first time...
2015-07-24 (first published: 2015-07-20)
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I’m Speaking at the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday
After a few years away, the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday group has finally allowed me back at their annual event...
2015-07-15
1,343 reads
A Full Day of Power BI with Me
Join me for a full day of Power BI in Baton Rouge, LA and Downers Grove, IL, where I will teach...
2015-04-13
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2015-04-10
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
Forums
would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
I'm thinking about submitting some articles
I've written some documentation on using different Markdown types of files on GitHub. It's...
Not Just an Upgrade
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Question of the Day
Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers