Impact of manipulating SSRS parameter inside dataset
Recently I had to convert a report’s dataset, which was using Stored Procedure, into inline T-SQL commands. The dataset had 4...
2011-08-11
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Blog Posts
PowerPivot – Commonly Used DAX Expressions
Today I will be presenting in a webinar, which by the way is recorded for later viewing, on Commonly used...
2011-08-11
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Product Guide for SQL Server “Denali” released
Released today, the SQL Server code name ‘Denali’ Community Technical Preview 3 (CTP3) Product Guide download contains the latest datasheets, white...
2011-08-11
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Re-blog – August 5-August 11
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Oddly enough,...
2011-08-11
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Reset Identity Column in SQL
I’ll be honest, I am partially writing this because I always forget how to reset the identity column on a...
2011-08-11
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Seeking Volunteers for the Nomination Committee
We have a few changes in the election process for PASS this year, one of them is that we have...
2011-08-11
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SQL MCM Training – Day 3
Nothing to say about today, Jonathan did really a great job describing Extended Events
and Baselining/Benchmarking to us, and his boss...
2011-08-11
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Summit 2011
Call me a slacker. I have been postponing registering for Summit 2011. I wanted to be sure that I had the week available in order to attend. I finally...
2011-08-11
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Summit 2011
Call me a slacker. I have been postponing registering for Summit 2011. I wanted to be sure that I had...
2011-08-11
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We Are TOTALLY Amused: A T-SQL Error
This has to be the best error I’ve ever seen:
Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 2
‘SUM’ is not a...
2011-08-11
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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