Nesting Aggregates with Window Functions
Recenty I was writing an article for MSSQLTips where I had to create a treemap (it will be published soon)....
2015-08-26 (first published: 2015-08-18)
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Koen Verbeeck
Reblog: Slow source? Make your data flow buffers smaller!
Whoa whoah. Aren’t you supposed to increase your data flow buffer size in order to speed up your packages? If...
2015-08-13
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Scripts and SSDT-BI 2013
Recently I tried to open a script component in SSDT-BI 2013. I was developing for SSIS 2014, so this means...
2015-08-11
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SSIS Catalog – Path to backup file could not be determined
I was creating an SSIS catalog at a new project, but I was greeted with the following error message when...
2015-08-13 (first published: 2015-08-10)
4,851 reads
SSDT-BI and Visual Studio Online
Recently I had to create a new business intelligence project at a client. However, there was no source control present....
2015-08-07
2,549 reads
Reblog: The OLE DB Source and the Oracle Date Literal
SQLKover update:when of the stranger Oracle issues I encountered over the years. Some time after I published the original blog...
2015-08-06
817 reads
My favourite books
As I mentioned in the blog post Speaking at SQL Server Days 2015, I’ll be giving a session at the...
2015-08-04
631 reads
Reblog: The shaky bug in SSIS
SQLKover update: I’m reblogging this a bit earlier (it’s a quite recent blog post) because I still see people with this...
2015-07-30
1,027 reads
Reblog: Star Schema The Complete Reference – Review
SQLKover update:1.5 year later, I still stand by my position: Star Schema The Complete Reference is the best book on...
2015-07-30 (first published: 2015-07-23)
2,212 reads
Reblog: Creating a Semi-additive Measure over a Parent-child Hierarchy
Originally this blog post would be titled “Disabling aggregations over a parent-child hierarchy”, but I thought it could create confusion with the...
2015-07-16
1,109 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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