TinyInt problem in SSAS
If you have a source table that has a Tinyint primary key column defined as IDENTITY and you create a...
2012-03-28
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James Serra's Blog
SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Appliance Update 3 (AU3)
In the next few weeks there will be an update to the SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) called “Appliance Update 3?...
2012-03-26
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Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance for SQL Server 2012
As a follow-up to my blog Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture and Appliances, Dell recently announced the future availability of Dell Quickstart...
2012-03-23
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Fast Track for SQL Server 2012
When the Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 Reference Guide was published, it was based off of SQL Server 2008 R2....
2012-03-21
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SQL Server 2012: xVelocity
After SQL Server 2012 was released this past week, I saw a few mentions from Microsoft about a new feature...
2012-03-19
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SQL Server 2012: New Certification Info
As a follow-up to my posts SQL Server “Denali”: New Certifications and SQL Server 2012: New Certifications, there are now final details coming...
2012-03-16
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SQL Server 2012: Tabular Models vs PowerPivot Models
In SQL Server 2012, there is a new data model, called tabular, that is part of the new feature called the...
2012-03-14
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Houston Area SQL Server User Group Presentation
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Scaling SQL Server to HUNDREDS of Terabytes” at HASSUG.
Here is the PowerPoint presentation: Scaling SQL...
2012-03-13
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Data Warehouse Architecture – Kimball and Inmon methodologies
What is the best methodology to use when creating a data warehouse? Well, first off, let’s discuss some of the reasons why...
2012-03-15 (first published: 2012-03-12)
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SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Power View installation and requirements
Power View is installed when you run the SQL Server 2012 install and on the Feature Selection page choose “Reporting...
2012-03-09
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
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Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
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Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers