PASS BI Virtual Chapter Webcast: Extract, Transform, and Load your Data Warehouse
Everyone is invited to a webcast hosted by the PASS Business Intelligence virtual chapter this Friday, May 14th, as we...
2010-05-10
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OPASS May Meeting Recap
OPASS had it’s May meeting on Thursday the 6th sponsored by Confio with Dean Richards presenting Tuna Helper for the...
2010-05-10
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Creating a Server Audit - SSMS
Building an audit in SQL Server 2008 is very easy, much easier than in previous versions using SQL Trace. That...
2010-05-10
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Notes on SQLSaturday #38
Started Friday by picking up the shirts for the event in Orlando, then heading to Jacksonville with the family, getting...
2010-05-10
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Creating Sparklines in PowerPivot
Sparklines are new to Microsoft Excel 2010 and Reporting Services 2008 R2. In this post I will outline the steps...
2010-05-09
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Report Parameter order in SSRS
Is the order of parameters important in SQL Server Reporting Services reports? If you’ve got nested parameters (parameters that derive...
2010-05-08
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The Toilet Analogy … or Why I Never Recommend Increasing Worker Threads
The Toilet Analogy … or Why I Never Recommend Increasing Worker Threads
Lately I’ve noticed an increasing number of people recommend increasing...
2010-05-07
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Colorado Springs SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Colorado Springs SQL Server User’s Group is having their May meeting on May 19.
It will be held at the...
2010-05-07
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Denver SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2010
The Denver SQL Server User’s Group will be having their May meeting next Thursday, May 20. As always, the meeting...
2010-05-07
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Log Shipping Problem
Log Shipping Issue (encountered by Abi Chapagai May 7th)
I had set up log shipping between two servers few weeks ago....
2010-05-07
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
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Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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