The Tally Table and Expanding Rows
Suppose you had some data like this:
Class Limit
————— ———–
Calculus 5
History 4
Physics 2
But what you really want is this:
Class ...
2012-05-22
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Blog Posts
Being careful in SSAS to not make a cube/dimension unprocessed
A big headache in SSAS, especially when dealing with a large cube, is making a change that when deployed, causes...
2012-05-21 (first published: 2012-05-16)
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BIxPress 3.5–Now With More Awesome!
Pragmatic Works has now released version 3.5 of the award-winning BIxPress software! For those not familiar with BIxPress it’s a...
2012-05-21
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Denali – Day 21: Security
Denali – Day 21: Security
Security wise Microsoft sql server is going great and on compare with other RDBMS in the market...
2012-05-21
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Is Dynamic T-SQL a Good Design Pattern?
In a recent discussion it was suggested to me that not only is dynamic T-SQL useful for things like catch-all...
2012-05-21
1,279 reads
SQL Server 2008 SP3 Cumulative Update 5 Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 today. The first one is SQL Server 2008 SP3...
2012-05-21
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SQL Server 2012 Certifications Revamped
Reprinted from my Database Weekly editorial.
Forget what you thought you knew about SQL Server certification, as Microsoft has completely redesigned...
2012-05-21
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SQLSaturday #119 Chicago – In the Books
As I write this, I’m enjoying a margherita pizza and a Miller High Life in my room. The SQLSaturday #119...
2012-05-21
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SSRS: FORMAT option for milliseconds
Some of our reports have hyperlink enabled on few metrics which points to an internal website. Recently there was a...
2012-05-21
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Denali – Day 20: More Programmability Feature
Denali – Day 20: More Programmability Feature
Native XML Web Services (SOAP/HTTP endpoints) is Removed:
Earlier version of sql server support Web services...
2012-05-20
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Can You Let Go of Determinism
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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