SQL In The City: London 2012, Recap

Wow!
How’s that for a recap?
The concept for the SQL in the City events is pretty simple. Put on a free...

SQL Server: Instant Deadlock Alert Using WMI in Your Mailbox

In my last post I have explained,how to setup alert for blocking using WMI. In this post let us see how...

T-SQL Tuesday #32 – A Life in the Day

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, delayed a week this month, so I had  a whole extra week to get ready....

T-SQL Tuesday: A Day in the Life of a BI Developer

My name is Jennifer and I am a Business Intelligence developer at Trek Bicycles.  I’ve been a BI developer for...

BI Systems Architecture Diagrams

Today I have decided to prepare myself for a meeting with a potential client (tomorrow) and write an article about...

Building Your First Power View Report

This has been reposted from a guest blog post I wrote on the Microsoft Business Intelligence team blog.

Fulfilling User Needs
Developing a...

Crystal Reports DataDate in SSRS

Crystal Reports has a special field name “DataDate”. This date shows the last time the data on the report has...

Encrypting Connections to SQL Server

I manage databases for financial organisation. These databases have confidential data of our customers such as credit card numbers, security...

Finding Your Dream Job - sharing some thoughts of the day...

Everyone at some time or another thinks about finding or landing their dream job.  It could be in the form...

I’ll Be Presenting at the PASS Summit 2012

I’m a little late posting this, but I had two sessions accepted out of four I submitted. I’ll be doing...