Reporting Services redesign – it’s the little things
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is getting quite the overhaul in SQL Server 2016. Lot’s of things are changing:
new look...
2015-11-24 (first published: 2015-11-20)
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Koen Verbeeck
Reblog: Data Visualization – Book Review
To prepare myself for my session Data Visualization Tips & Tricks, I read a few books. In this blog post, I’ll...
2015-11-17 (first published: 2015-11-12)
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Webinar – What’s New for Business Intelligence in SQL Server 2016
I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com on Thursday 29th October 2015.
The title is What’s New for Business Intelligence in SQL Server...
2015-10-23
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Presentation Design – Before and After
Recently I gave a session on the SQL Server Days about the new features for business intelligence in SQL Server...
2015-10-15
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Overview of Published Articles – 2015Q3
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the third quarter of 2015.
Retrieve file sizes from the file system...
2015-10-06
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What’s new for BI in SQL 2016 – Session materials
SQL Server Days 2015 is over and it was a blast. Met a lot of people from the #sqlfamily, too...
2015-10-01
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New SSRS features in SQL 2016 CTP 2.4
SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.4 hasn’t been released yet (any day now I guess), but someone was apparently very eager...
2015-09-30
2,157 reads
Why I hate Pie Charts
The pie chart should be avoided at all costs. Why?
you can only display a limited number of slices (although that...
2015-09-21
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Reblog: The Magic Alt Button
SQLKover update: I love this trick! I use it daily, no kidding (except in weekends). Want to see it in live...
2015-09-17
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MDS 2016 CTP 2.3: tiles greyed out in Manager
I’m toying around with MDS 2016 CTP 2.3 in preparation of my SQLServerDays session about what is new for BI...
2015-09-15
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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