MDX #23 – “Hello World!” Lesson in MDX
Almost every tool we learned has some sort of “Hello World!” tutorial lesson.
So here comes the “Hello World!” lesson in...
2012-12-03
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Blog Posts
OT: Space Exploration and the Future of Humanity
I am old enough to remember watching the Apollo 11 landing in 1969 as a young child. Before and after...
2012-12-03
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Power View and Reporting Services
There has been an active discussion thread on Chris Webb’s blog about the similarities & differences between various Microsoft BI & reporting...
2012-12-03
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Speaking at Oracle Training Days
A first for me. I’m attending a non-SQL Server event, trying to bring a little knowledge of my platform to...
2012-12-03
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SQL Server Training in 2013
Unbelievably it is December already and 2013 is fast approaching. With the Christmas break fast approaching now is the time...
2012-12-03
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SQLOS Basics - Query and CPU
In this article We are going to understand the basics of SQLOS - CPU scheduling.
In high level:
1. When an user connects to SQL...
2012-12-03
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Katie and Emil come back
We are back on SQL Server Central... This is our first post after a while; also a test to see...
2012-12-02
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Planning for ETL solution
Checkout my article here, in which I talked about the basic steps that are requried to plan an successful ETL...
2012-12-02
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Why SQL Server security matters: A case study
Database technologies are an essential component of many information systems because they store a large amount of sensitive corporate data...
2012-12-02
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XML Support and SQL Server
Checkout my article here, in which I discussed the fundamentals of XML technologies.
This article is published on SSWUG.org.
2012-12-02
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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...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
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SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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