Stan Kulp


SQLServerCentral Article

Supervised versus Unsupervised Training of an Artificial Neural Network

Supervised training of an artificial neural network entails training the network to associate defined patterns with specified labels. Optical Character Recognition is an example of supervised training, where each input pattern is mapped to an alphanumeric character. In unsupervised training, a neural network learns to extract recurring patterns from noisy data. One of the earliest […]

(3)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2026-03-06

1,128 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Generate QR Code® barcodes in an SSRS report with the QRCoder library

QRCoder is an open source implementation of standards specification ISO/IEC 18004, which defines the requirements for two-dimensional QR Code symbols. It is a more complete implementation of the standard than the open source QRCode4CS library that was used in a previous article.

(4)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2020-11-20 (first published: )

8,078 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

SSRS Audit: All reports executed/not-executed during previous 30 days

This article presents a pair of queries and reports that reads the ReportServer.dbo.ExecutionLog table to list all SSRS reports that were executed or not-executed in the past 30 days, how many times they were executed, and who executed them.

(15)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2020-01-17 (first published: )

11,318 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Parse Data from a Field Containing Multiple Values using CROSS APPLY

It is possible for a field in a character-delimited text file to contain a list of further-delimited values instead of the customary single value. This article demonstrates how to load such a file into a staging table, then use a CROSS APPLY query to parse the list of values into a related table.

(15)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2019-06-07 (first published: )

13,129 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Generate QR Code® barcodes in an SSRS report with the QRCoder library

QRCoder is an open source implementation of standards specification ISO/IEC 18004, which defines the requirements for two-dimensional QR Code symbols. It is a more complete implementation of the standard than the open source QRCode4CS library that was used in a previous article.

(9)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2018-10-22

44,943 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Generate two-dimensional QR Code® bar codes in an SSRS report

QR (Quick Response) Code® is the Denso Wave, Inc. trademark for a type of two-dimensional bar code designed for the automotive industry in Japan. The QR Code system has become popular outside the automotive industry due to its speed and greater storage capacity compared to standard UPC bar codes.

(38)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2018-10-22 (first published: )

15,606 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

How to execute an SSIS package from the command line or a batch file

An SSIS package that is executed on an ad hoc basis can be run from Business Intelligence Development Studio easily enough, but a package that is going to be run on a regular schedule is best executed through a batch file using the DTExec.exe command line utility.

(14)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2018-08-31 (first published: )

103,039 reads

Blogs

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: A Plan

By

My most recent bout with imposter syndrome was with ISACA’s Digital Trust Ecosystem Framework...

Advice I Like: Celebrate Success

By

“On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each...

Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times

By

Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

BCA KCP Wahid Hasyim Telpon/WA:087768193341

By matkydablog

BCA KCP Wahid Hasyim Telpon/WA:087768193341.Jl. K.H. Wahid Hasyim No.82, Kb. Sirih, Kec. Menteng, Kota...

BCA KCP Raden Saleh Telpon/WA:087768193341

By matkydablog

BCA KCP Raden Saleh Telpon/WA:087768193341.Jl. Raden Saleh No. 13, 15, 17A, Daerah Khusus Ibukota...

BCA KCU THAMRIN Telpon/WA:087768193341

By matkydablog

BCA KCU THAMRIN Telpon/WA:087768193341.Menara BCA, Grand Indonesia, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.1, Menteng, Kec. Menteng,...

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

Increase Deadlock Detection

How can I alter the deadlock detection interval to 2 seconds instead of 5 seconds on my SQL Server 2025 instance?

See possible answers