Zap Business Intelligence Installation
This walkthrough helps you to install Zap Business Intelligence. Some of you may need help knowing where to download the...
2014-03-26
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Introducing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 with SSRS Reports
Hi all, I’ve started a new job with eBECS which is a Microsoft Gold Partner in the ERP Business. Since...
2014-03-25
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What is Microsoft Management Reporter for Dynamics AX?
It is a collaborative and interactive reporting solution from Microsoft for finance data. View more here: Management Reporter 2012 Overview...
2014-03-25
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First take on PowerPivot
What is PowerPivot for Excel? PowerPivot brings the power of Data Modelling into your PC. Traditionally, the DataWarehouse is built...
2013-10-30
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Understanding the PIVOT function
The PIVOT function is very useful but not easily understood at first. I thank Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka and Ron...
2013-10-25
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Get list of dates using recursive Common Table Expression (CTE)
Many times we need a list of consecutive dates or time at runtime mainly for a recursive ETL process. This...
2013-10-23
1,115 reads
MailChimp Database Synchronisation Process
After giving you the Top 10 Tips when synchronising your database with MailChimp, I thought why not write up the...
2013-10-17
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Top 10 Tips when synchronising your database and Mailchimp
Okay, sooner or later someone is going to need to synchronise all those people who registered on your company website...
2013-10-17
585 reads
Top 11 Qualities of a DataWarehouse Implementer
Top 11th Quality: Curious to explore different designs There are many ways to achieve the same thing. Before actually getting...
2013-10-14
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Building a simple forecast solution on SQL Server
Pricing Forecast is a marketing function that requires a lot of data crunching. Normally there are some factors that the...
2013-08-30
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
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If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
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If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
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Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers