Linear Gauge Control: A Practical Use
SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 introduced several new features. One key feature was the inclusion of the Gauge Controls. I...
2009-12-01
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Blog Posts
MDX Utility Belt of Calculations Part 1
Developing MDX calculations is one of the most confusing and time consuming pieces of building an Analysis Services cube. That...
2009-12-01
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MDX Utility Belt of Calculations Part 2
This post is a part of a series of blog posts I am writing to give you a Batman-like Utility...
2009-12-01
1,770 reads
Upgrading to Windows 7
I’ve been using Win 7 on my dev machine for a few months now, and finally decided over the Thanksgiving...
2009-12-01
496 reads
Using Resource Monitor In Windows Server 2008 to Look at I/O Performance for SQL Server 2008
One quick and dirty tool that I like to use to monitor I/O performance at the file level is Resource...
2009-12-01
2,298 reads
Using Social Media to become more social
I saw this report that a good percentage of online social media users (27%) find that their offline relationships benefit...
2009-12-01
1,346 reads
Are You a Giver or a Taker?
I have been involved in the SQL Server community since 2000, and during the past nine years I have seen...
2009-11-30
1,450 reads
Columbia Code Camp!
The Midlands of South Carolina will be hosting a Code Camp on January 30, 2009. You can register as an...
2009-11-30
1,698 reads
Linear Gauge Control: A Practical Use
SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 introduced several new features.One key feature was the inclusion of the Gauge Controls.I was recently...
2009-11-30
1,730 reads
Maintaining Security and Performance Using Stored Procedures Part II – Signing
Well, it has been a couple of weeks since my last blog post and over a month since Maintaining Security...
2009-11-30
1,648 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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