A moment of void in the cranium reveals a recursive computed column with an esoteric message
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Line 67
The data types varchar and void type are incompatible in the add...
2013-05-30
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Blog Posts
A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 13: Using CLR with Analysis Services
by Steve Bolton
I was drawn into the realm of SQL Server in a roundabout manner thanks to Visual Basic. Around...
2013-05-30 (first published: 2013-05-23)
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Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 1 – Introduction
Recently I had to give a Power View demo for a client. Giving a demonstration means of course you have...
2013-05-30
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Exploring a Database in Azure
After creating my Azure account, I wasn’t sure where to go next. Fortunately I had an immediate project that occupied...
2013-05-30
1,651 reads
I am Speaking at 2013 PASS Member Summit!
Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
Every single year I look forward to the PASS Member Summit. In a nutshell it is...
2013-05-30
1,279 reads
Ralph Kimball Books
If you are involved in Business Intelligence, then the books by Ralph Kimball are required reading:
The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit: Practical...
2013-05-30
2,537 reads
Saving Grace
According to Merriam-Webster the definition of grace is:
1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; b : a...
2013-05-30
1,252 reads
Security Questions: TRUNCATE TABLE Permissions
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-05-30
1,703 reads
SQL Saturday Charleston!
Finally.... SQL Saturday has come back to... South Carolina! (with apologies to The Rock)
After the last SQL Saturday in Columbia,...
2013-05-30
1,910 reads
SQL- Setup and Configure Backup Report – Step by Step Approach – All listed SQL Instances
One of SQL enthusiast asked me to include the complete code and wanted to schedule a SQL job. I’m trying...
2013-05-30
1,541 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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