JSSUG Speaker Idol 2012 Review
Last Wednesday at Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG) we held our annual Speaker Idol event. Read more about what...
2012-08-21
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Devin Knight
JSSUG Speaker Idol 2012
The Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG) has always encouraged new talent to be added to the pool of local...
2012-08-15
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Visio 2010 Forward Engineer Add-in
Somehow I missed this gem that’s been around for quite a while so I thought I would share it in...
2012-08-08
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OLAP PivotTable Extensions Update
OLAP PivotTable Extensions is a really cool free add-in for Excel that’s been around for quite a while now. It...
2012-07-31
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SSRS – Using Lookup Function for Multiple Column Join
When SQL Server 2008 R2 was released several new Reporting Services expressions were made available that would help join multiple...
2012-07-27
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Office 2013 Preview – Enabling PowerPivot in Excel
With the Office 2013 announcements today I was excited to download and get my hands on the tools. Because this is still...
2012-07-18 (first published: 2012-07-17)
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Building Your First Power View Report
This has been reposted from a guest blog post I wrote on the Microsoft Business Intelligence team blog.
Fulfilling User Needs
Developing a...
2012-07-16
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SQL Lunch #68 – Designing Your First Power View Report
Next week I will be speaking on designing your first Power View report for SQL Lunch. Be sure to join me...
2012-07-11
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Identifying Long Running SQL Agent Jobs Script
I’m usually pretty hesitant to share scripts I write because inevitably it will get torn to pieces, but in this...
2012-07-08
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Using Excel Macro (.xlsm) Enabled Files in SSIS
Recently while working for a client that was running SQL Server 2008 R2 I was tasked with loading an Excel...
2012-07-05 (first published: 2012-06-29)
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Blogs
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
Forums
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
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Another Model, More Data Loss
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