MDX+SSRS #34 – Query not returning results: there are good reasons
When we are learning MDX, we unavoidably have to deal with the tools we use. Adding confusions about the behaviors...
2013-11-10
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MDX #32 – Vincent Rainardi’s blog
I came across Vincent Rainardi’s blog, and thought I’d share it with the readers.
Sherry Li and Tomislav’s 2012 MDX Cook...
2013-10-24
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SQL #51 – Timeout when updating a big table
A co-worker recently asked me why she would get timeout when updating a column in a big table. This column...
2013-10-24
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SQL #52 – set statistics xml on
When tuning SQL queries, I find that I use the following three SET options quite often.
set showplan_xml on
When showplan_xml...
2013-10-24
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MDX+SSRS #31– Query Designer in SSRS only allows the Measures dimension in the first axis
In Chapter 1 of the book MDX with SSAS 2012 Cookbook, in the first recipe “Putting data on x and...
2013-10-03 (first published: 2013-09-28)
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MDX #30 – Get The Book: MDX with SSAS 2012 Cookbook
MDX with SSAS 2012 Cookbook
by Sherry Li and Tomislav Piasevoli
Packt Publishing 2013
The book is now available in both paperback...
2013-09-22
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SQL #50–Deleting or updating data from a table of 20+ GB
I don’t have a definition of what is considered a large SQL table. I am pretty sure, however, that a...
2013-09-22
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MDX #29–Co-authored MDX with SSAS 2012 Cookbook
I have been absent from this blog for the last few months. For those who have noticed, I’d like to...
2013-08-29
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MDX #28– Time functions will not work with subquery
I had a post last month, MDX #25 – Slicer or Sub-Cube?, verifying that the query context did not change with...
2013-03-22
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MDX #27–Who are Ascendants?
Many function names in MDX are very family-friendly. Children, parent, ancestors, descendants, ascendants, are all terms we often use in...
2013-03-02
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Blogs
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
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