A placement firm’s “guaranteed” replacement
I have heard large placement firms say they are better than smaller firms because “They offer the client a guaranteed...
2013-08-20
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James Serra's Blog
SQL Server 2014: AlwaysOn
AlwaysOn was introduced in SQL Server 2012, and there are some enhancements in SQL Server 2014:
Now support up to 8 secondary...
2013-08-15
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Dear recruiter: I will not help you do your job for free
I literally get 10-15 calls and emails a week from recruiters asking if I can help them to find a...
2013-08-13
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Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions
If your company is planning to build a data warehouse or BI solution (see Why you need Business Intelligence), you need...
2013-08-08
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Presentations slides for Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions” for Pragmatic Works. The abstract for my session...
2013-08-07
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Why use a SSAS cube?
What are the advantages of using SSAS Cubes over a regular data warehouse for reporting? Note I’m not asking why...
2013-08-06
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Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions Presentation
I will be presenting a brand new session entitled “Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions” tomorrow, August 6th, at 11am...
2013-08-05
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Presentation Slides for Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” for 24 hours of PASS, PASS Summit Preview. The abstract...
2013-08-02
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PerformancePoint: Show Details greyed out
In PerformancePoint, when using a analytic grid or chart or a scorecard, if you are not able to use the...
2013-08-01
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SQL Server 2014: Columnstore Index improvements
In SQL Server 2012, a new feature was added called Columnstore Indexes that resulted in huge query performance improvements. In SQL...
2013-07-30
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers