Monthly Reflections – April 2014
April was quite a busy month and so apart from the last reflections post and TSQL Tuesday entry Why So Serious...
2014-05-09
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Blog Posts
Off to Jacksonville for SQLSaturday #298
I’m looking forward to returning to Jacksonville after missing a year (or two?) to speak at SQLSaturday #298. I’m driving...
2014-05-09
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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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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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Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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