Useful queries #3: Get SQL Server Edition, Version, Build and Last Update date and time.
Keeping track of all the versions and editions SQL Server instances can be a daunting task if you don’t have...
2011-10-11
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Business Intelligence & SQL Server Decaffeinated
Download all SQL Server DENALI CTP3 Demo VHD 36 files at once
Microsoft has made available for download the SQL Server DENALI CTP3 Demo VHD several weeks ago at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27253. The SQL...
2011-09-25
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Using Unary Operators to control Analysis Services hierarchy aggregations
Analysis Services hierarchy aggregations can be easily controlled using unary operators. For example, in accounting there are GL accounts that...
2011-09-23
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Afterthoughts: SQL Saturday #79 South Florida 2011
This past Saturday August 13th I presented two sessions at SQL Saturday #79 hosted by the South Florida SQL Server...
2011-08-17
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SSAS errors: DefaultMember(Measures,Measures) (1, 1) The ‘[xxx]‘ member was not found in the cube when the string, [Measures].[xxx], was parsed.
When attempting to browse an Analysis Services cube you may be presented with the following error message:
DefaultMember(Measures,Measures) (1, 1) The...
2011-08-03
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Dynamically generate current Year, Month or Date member with MDX
MDX can be extended with Visual Basic functions like the FORMAT() and NOW() functions to dynamically generate the current year, month or...
2011-07-22
2,545 reads
SQL Server Codename “Denali” CTP3 Resources
SQL Server codename “Denali” CTP3 has been released to the public after much anticipation. You may ask yourself, “What happened...
2011-07-13
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2011-06-29
1,474 reads
Afterthoughts: SharePoint Saturday Tampa 2011
This past Saturday June 11th, 2011 I had the opportunity to co-present at SharePoint Saturday Tampa thanks to a special invitation...
2011-06-13
1,072 reads
SSRS Error: Report Preview displays Access to the path ‘…\bin\Debug\Report.rdl’ is denied
While working on Reporting Services at a client site I came across this error when trying to preview a report...
2011-06-08
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Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
Forums
Return all intermediate members of a recursive CTE?
I wrote a recursive CTE to determine employee levels... but what if I wanted...
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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