Why Do All Funnel Charts Look The Same?
Something recently occurred to me. I’ve been researching chart and dashboard
design standards for an article I’m working on, and the...
2011-01-12
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Blog Posts
31 Days of SSIS – UnPivot Transformation (11/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last post discussed the Pivot transformation – that leads us to this post which will be on...
2011-01-11
1,161 reads
A New Year, Time To Get My Learn On!
My friend, and newly minted MVP, Jen McCown (blog|twitter) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month. I normally don’t do the...
2011-01-11
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CTRL Scroll and Getting Old
The handiest thing that I’ve used lately for a computer is the Ctrl button and the scroll wheel on my...
2011-01-11
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First SQL Lunch of the Year - SSRS Tips and Tricks with Pam Shaw
Last Year was a great year for the SQL Lunch. We had so many great presentations. I am really excited...
2011-01-11
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Intel Processor Information
Here is a small collection of links to tools for measuring and evaluating mobile and desktop processors, along with some...
2011-01-11
1,222 reads
January 2011 S3OLV
Tis the calm before the storm. At least it feels like that. The invites have all been sent. The presenter lined up. Reminders have been sent and now we...
2011-01-11
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January 2011 S3OLV
Tis the calm before the storm. At least it feels like that. The invites have all been sent. The presenter...
2011-01-11
469 reads
January Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
The Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group will be hosting its first meeting of the new year. Our meeting place...
2011-01-11
1,432 reads
Making It Right
Last week Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter) used his blog to publicly call out Thomas LaRock (Blog|Twitter). I am not going to...
2011-01-11
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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