Power Query to HDFS – Remote Name Could Not Be Resolved
I wanted to share a quick resolution I had to a problem with connecting Power Query to data stored in...
2014-05-09 (first published: 2014-05-02)
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Blog Posts
Presentation Slides for Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” at the PASS Business Analytics conference. The abstract is below. I...
2014-05-09
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Quick Snapshot
The idea for this script came at times when I was having a project that needed to use snapshots of databases...
2014-05-09
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Reblog: May 2 to May 8
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-05-09
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Script for database snapshot
The idea for this script came at a time when I was having a project that needed to use snapshots...
2014-05-09
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SQL Saturday #308 – Houston TX Presentation
Tabular Data Visualized by Power View
I am presenting this Saturday 5/10/2014 at 4PM at the Houston TX SQL Saturday Event. ...
2014-05-09
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SSRS #74 – 2008 Cascading bug when you have a middle parameter
Some SSRS reports have a large number of parameters
I recently had a chance to help a co-worker to modify...
2014-05-09
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The Scary DBA Comes to Columbia, SC
*sound of glass crashing* *cue theme music*
(in a wrestling announcer’s shocked voice) “It can’t be! He’s not supposed to be...
2014-05-09
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We’re All Mad Here!
The title says it all!
I just heard that I was selected to present at SQL Saturday in Columbus! I’m excited...
2014-05-09
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Artikel „SQL Server 2014 – Neues Fundament“ in iX Ausgabe 5/2014, Richtigstellungen zu In-Memory OLTP und ColumnStore Indexes und warum AlwaysOn nicht gleich Always On ist
Article “SQL Server 2014 – New Fundament” in iX Issue 5/2014, corrections in In-Memory OLTP and ColumnStore Indexes, and why AlwaysOn...
2014-05-08
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item GPX distance and time analysis...
The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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