Techfuse, a New Laptop, and How Microsoft Azure Helped Save the Day
On Tuesday, April 22, I had the opportunity to speak at the Techfuse conference in Minneapolis. I was presenting a...
2014-04-24
686 reads
DataOnWheels
Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #6: Supporting SSAS Tabular Development
As SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Models become more popular, models will use Oracle databases as sources. One of the...
2014-04-14
1,118 reads
Ten Years and Counting …
On March 8, 2014, I reached ten years of service at Magenic Technologies. When I started in 1999 (don’t do...
2014-03-14
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Setting Up Tabular Models on Windows Azure
In my last post, I discussed how to set up Oracle in Windows Azure. During a customer call, there were...
2014-03-12
2,751 reads
Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #5: Working with Oracle on Windows Azure
As you have likely noticed in my series, Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs, I have done a lot of work...
2014-02-24
886 reads
Rochester – Welcome to the PASS MN Family
It started as a vision for expanding the reach of the Minnesota SQL Server User Group a year ago. At...
2014-01-23
678 reads
Work Ethic and Family – A Tribute to My Parents
A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. A couple of years ago, I started a series about individuals...
2014-01-09
663 reads
Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #14: Sparklines and Pivot Tables
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2014-01-07
1,242 reads
2013 – A Year In Review
It is in our nature as humans to look back in order to understand where we have been.
Warning – some of...
2014-01-03
724 reads
Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #13: Connecting Slicers in Pivot Tables Sourced from a Power Pivot Model
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-12-17
853 reads
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Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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