I Just Voted in the PASS 2013 Election
I feel like it’s been a good election cycle. Good set of candidates, good discussions, lots of good blog posts...
2013-09-26
575 reads
Blog Posts
Images, charts, indicators and sparklines in a tablix stretch and degrade report performance
This fact is probably not documented very well but this is an important factor in SSRS visual report design… The...
2013-09-26
736 reads
Images, charts, indicators and sparklines in a tablix stretch and degrade report performance
This fact is probably not documented very well but this is an important factor in SSRS visual report design… The...
2013-09-26
368 reads
PASS Votes
I’ve already made my own intentions clear. I’m casting one of my votes for Allen Kinsel. But, I get three...
2013-09-26
750 reads
Performance Tuning In LA!
Hello Dear Reader! This year Pragmatic Works has brought our Performance Tuning Workshop to Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta. Due to...
2013-09-26
530 reads
SQL Server 2014: Partition Improvements
SQL Server 2014 has enhancements to two common database maintenance operations:Partition Switching and Online Index Rebuild. This will greatly increase...
2013-09-26
1,221 reads
Understanding Microsoft Self-Service BI Recording and Q&A
I hope you were able to attend my free webinar on Understanding Microsoft Self-Service BI on September 26, 2013. If...
2013-09-26
1,353 reads
Webcast Follow-Up: Recognizing the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Workload
Last Monday, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s on the Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse. In the session,...
2013-09-26
1,582 reads
Which personal traits should a #SQLPASS Director have?
A lot has been said about what each candidate would like to do and their track record of delivering in...
2013-09-26
1,088 reads
AdventureWorks2012 Bug on Azure
While I have production databases in Azure, I can’t exactly experiment with them at will. Further, while they mostly have...
2013-09-25
1,315 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
Forums
Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy Stuff
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Happy Holidays, Let's Do Nerdy...
UNISTR Escape
Comments posted to this topic are about the item UNISTR Escape
Celebrating Tomorrow
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating Tomorrow
Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
See possible answers