Running Totals for Each Group

A while ago, I posted a blog on how one could perform running totals using Reporting Services and a user...

Time Saver – Presentation Preparation

Presenting is a huge fear for many and it is no different for me. I have been presenting at SQL...

Determine if Directory Exists using xp_cmdshell

Recently, I came across a forum post from a user trying to determine if a directory existed in the file...

SQL Saturday 49 Orlando - Delivery Mechanisms using SQL Server Reporting Services (mini)

It's official! I am presenting a mini session for SQL Saturday in Orlando. My topic and some details are below:

Delivery...

MSDB Job History Duration Conversion

Have you ever queried the msdb tables to get duration details about a particular job? I’ve had to do this...

Converting Dates to Integers

While working on a project recently, I came across a conversion that was trying to convert a date to an...

Strange but True - Report Parameter Label Blank

Here is another one of those strange but true things that I come across every so often which I thought...

Retrieving Report Names for SSRS Subscription Jobs

The way Reporting Services creates subscriptions is through generating a SQL Server Agent job. This is apparent when you look...

Using WITH NOLOCK

A colleague of mine and I were recently talking about some scripts that they had seen containing the WITH NOLOCK...

Dynamic SQL and Cached Query Plans

Over the many years that I’ve been dealing with SQL Server, I’ve always been told and read about how using...