ABL: Always Be Learning
If you have been in the IT field for any length of time, I’m sure you have heard the phrase...
2011-05-25
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James Serra's Blog
Show correct totals when using SSAS role security
When using role security in SSAS, one point of confusion is when a person sees the grand total for a...
2011-05-23
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Watch out, Visual Studio 2010 does not support BI
When Visual Studio 2010 was released about a year ago, I was very excited and wanted to quickly open up...
2011-05-20
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New Microsoft BI Labs site
Interesting new BI site from Microsoft called “BI Labs“. This site says: “BI Labs is a collection of experimental business...
2011-05-18
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DBA’s, want to earn the big bucks? Learn BI
While there are many DBA’s who do business intelligence, or BI, I believe there are even more who do not. ...
2011-05-16
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SSAS error when processing the cube
Every couple of weeks I see this SSAS error when processing one of my cubes:
Internal error: Invalid enumeration value. Please call...
2011-05-13
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Dirty looking SQL or MDX? Clean it up
A quick tip for you: Ever get some SQL or MDX sent to you in an email, or copied from a...
2011-05-11
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A quicker way than using count(*)
A quick little tip I found a couple of years ago. Ever use the count(*) syntax and it takes forever...
2011-05-09
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The best IT job boards
There are three job boards that I use: Dice, Monster, and LinkedIn. I prefer Dice by far, since it has...
2011-05-06
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SSIS package runs fine until put in a job
I see this issue pop up every now and then: A developer creates an SSIS package in BIDS and gets...
2011-05-04
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
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This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
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Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
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Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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