SQL Server Pro Article: Custom Programming to Enhance SSRS Reports
I’m very excited to see my first feature article published in SQL Server Pro Magazine titled Custom Programming to Enhance...
2013-07-02
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Book Review: Instant Creating Data Models with PowerPivot How-to
I recently had the opportunity to review a pre-published copy of the “Instant” series book “Creating Data Models with PowerPivot...
2013-06-13
590 reads
Time to Complete the 2013 BI Survey
It’s that time of year again… end of the school year, graduation, Fathers’ Day and of course; time to take...
2013-06-10
499 reads
Taking the Tabular Journey
A Getting-Started and Survival Guide for planning, designing and building Tabular Semantic Models with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services....
2013-06-02
783 reads
Mastering Reporting Services Expressions, March 26
As part of SQL Server Pro eLearning series, I’ll be presenting three 75 minute sessions on March 26th on using...
2013-03-15
793 reads
Visual Studio 2012/SSDT Addition for BI Project Version Compatibility & Themes
We can now use Visual Studio 2012 to create and edit SQL Server BI projects! Woo Hoo. In the past,...
2013-03-08
1,086 reads
SQL Server Community World Tour with GeoFlow
When I started playing with GeoFlow, I just had to find a way to do something interesting with it. This...
2013-03-06
703 reads
Speaking at the Business Analytics Conference, April 1-12 in Chicago
The email message earlier today said “Please note that the official schedule will be released tomorrow, February 6th, so please...
2013-02-06
684 reads
Database Lifecycle Management for Azure SQL Database
DLM 1.0 Released Today When “SQL Azure” first became available a couple of years ago, I played with it, created...
2013-02-01
1,929 reads
Reporting Services 2012 BI Training
Just wanted to get the word out that our SSRS 2012 training course is available. Are you looking for expert...
2012-12-10
1,534 reads
Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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