Tabular model: Not ready for prime time?
While the tabular model in SSAS makes it much easier to build cubes than the multidimensional model, I am not...
2013-11-07
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Blog Posts
The Powershell Challenge
I’ve been wanting to do more with Powershell (PoSh). I’ve seen Allen White present on it for years, and I’ve...
2013-11-07
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Transparent Data Encryption’s Dirty Little Secret
Remember when you were eight years old, how exciting it was to order some of those amazing products that were...
2013-11-07
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hacked
ugggh.
My Drupal site in AWS EC2 was hijacked and is being used by the hijackers to do port scans.
Who said...
2013-11-06
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How to find empty tables in SQL Server : Quick Tip
These quick tips are short and sweet. They are nothing more than an explanation and some code. If you have...
2013-11-06
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Murder They Wrote
For those of you that know me, you know that I enjoy learning, and passing on what I have learned...
2013-11-06
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One Database Mirror disconnected case
Today I got a database mirror case, I was told the all databases were in disconnected\in recovery status on both...
2013-11-06
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Physical Join Operators by Ami Levin
For those who don’t know the three physical join operators are Hash Match, Loop Join and Nested Loops. Understanding these...
2013-11-06
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SQL Injection Webcast on November 5, 2013
On November 5th, in conjunction with MSSQLTips, I'll be giving a webinar on SQL Injection. It will be at 2...
2013-11-06 (first published: 2013-10-29)
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SQL Saturday Dallas
I've been to five SQL Saturdays so far and this was my first year to attend the Dallas conference. Therewere...
2013-11-06
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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