Why I am excited about SQL Server 2012
By now many of you have had the opportunity to hear or see something about the next release of SQL...
2012-03-08
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DataOnWheels
Oracle Tips for MSBI Devs #1: Executing an Oracle Stored Proc with No Parameters in SSIS Execute SQL Task
Originally posted: 3-4-2012 Welcome to a new blog series of tips related to Oracle with a focus on helping those...
2012-03-04
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PASSMN Rocks 2012!
As many of you may know, I am the Chair for the Minnesota SQL Server User Group aka PASSMN. I...
2012-02-22
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PowerPivot and Market Research
This past Tuesday, February 14, I was invited to discuss how technology can be used to help analyze data for...
2012-02-16
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PowerPivot for Excel Install Issues
At one of my customers, we had a very frustrating experience while trying to get PowerPivot for Excel (SQL Server...
2012-02-02
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Microsoft Data Appliances Help Simplify MSBI Projects
As some of you know, I am really excited about the data appliances Microsoft and HP have released this year. ...
2012-01-27
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X on XMLA: i. Using XMLA
In my previous blog, I introduced the “X on XMLA” series. In this blog, I will do more of an...
2012-01-26
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Introducing “X on XMLA”
XMLA or XML for Analysis is used in SQL Server Analysis Services and other multidimensional data systems to manage the...
2012-01-19
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Why It’s Called a User Group…
On Tuesday night was the first meeting for PASSMN, the SQL Server User Group in Minneapolis/St. Paul this year. As...
2012-01-18
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How I Got Started in Software Development-A Tribute to Ed
A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. As I head into this holiday season I wanted to express...
2011-12-20
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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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