SSAS Event Type Calculation Dimension
Calculation dimensions in SSAS are used to store calculations that can be applied to any measure in the cube. For...
2013-05-22
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Blog Posts
SSIS 2012 Deployment Fail
(Update: Part 2 focuses on clearing out the SSISDB by creating new stored proc based on the one used by the maintenance job. If your Maintenance Job is taking...
2013-05-22
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The Bicentennial SQLSaturday–#200 Philadelphia
When Andy Warren (b | t | Li)started SQL Saturday with #1 in Orlando, we weren’t sure it would succeed. After a...
2013-05-22
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Using CROSS APPLY instead of a calculated variable
Earlier this week I posted The many uses of CROSS APPLY and I’m quite glad I did. I’ve been working...
2013-05-22
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View computed columns in database
Snippet to quickly view computed column information. You can also view this by doing a “create table” script. This however,...
2013-05-22
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We’re speaking at PASS Summit 2013!
PASS liked our “Mouth Wide Shut” interviewing session from last year so much that they’ve decided to have us back...
2013-05-22
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Wildcards and Indexes
I was asked a good question the other day, one that I wasn’t sure of the answer. The question was...
2013-05-22
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Bug: sys.dm_db_session_space_usage Reporting Extremely High Tempdb Allocations
A little more than a year ago while working at Idera, I was consulted on reports from a few clients...
2013-05-21
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Consulting company: Perm/Salaried vs 1099/W2
One of my pet peeves is seeing a top-notch BI architect/developer working as a salaried/perm employee of a consulting company...
2013-05-21
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CREATE SCHEMA can do what?!?!?
So I was studying for the 70-451 and ended up reading the BOL entry for CREATE SCHEMA. I honestly can’t...
2013-05-21 (first published: 2013-05-15)
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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