We Have Another New Contributor…
I’d like to introduce you all to my friend Ian Treasure who has kindly volunteered to write some posts and...
2011-08-01
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Blog Posts
PowerPivot – Creating Hierarchies
Hierarchies are one of the long awaited features that will now be available in the latest version of PowerPivot. Hierarchies...
2011-07-31
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Spoke at #sqlsat81
I presented two sessions this weekend in Birmingham AL at SQL Saturday 81. I was in the first slot of...
2011-07-31
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Lookup functions in SSRS 2008 R2 - III
Introduction
This is the final post to discuss the last Lookup function Multilookup(). The other two – Lookup() and LookupSet() have already...
2011-07-30
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SQL Saturday #85 Orlando
SQL Saturday #85 is quickly approaching. It will be held in sunny Orlando, FL so if you live in the...
2011-07-30
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly SQL Cursor types
T-SQL cursors are generally bad approach and are often misused. In today’s world of correlated subqueries, CTE’s, recursive CTE’s, ranking...
2011-07-30
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Big Numbers
What had me reflecting on numbers was an article in the Financial Times (Conduit of Contention if you can find...
2011-07-29
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Build a schedule for SQL Saturday
A new feature has been added to SQL Saturday. Now when you register for an event you can build your...
2011-07-29
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Calling SCOM in C#
Written by David Postlethwaite
I’m sure there are many out there using System Centre Operations Manager (or SCOM for short)...
2011-07-29
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Dual monitors, dual laptops, and the best way to manage them
Here is a tip that could make you much more productive: At home, I have a desktop computer with dual-monitors...
2011-07-29
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Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
By DataOnWheels
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll...
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Forums
Backup Availability Group
Please I am hoping for some feedback Specifications: Windows Server 2022 SQL Server 2022...
How Do the Experts Become Experts?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Do the Experts Become...
Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments Level 4 – Preparing for Production Deployment
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments...
Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers