Custom Navigation controls in SharePoint 2010
There are several ways to create a custom navigation control in SharePoint. In the below image you can see the...
2013-08-05
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Custom Coding in SQL Report Services
Reporting Services 2008 is a very powerful tool for creating reports. It contains many different tools and even allows you...
2013-07-29
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Creating a Rolling Date Range Named set in MDX
One Client I was working with wanted a named set that would give them the last 5 years. Of course...
2013-07-22
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SSAS Joining Facts at Different Granularities
In an SSAS cube you sometimes need to connect a dimension at a different granularity than other dimensions. For example,...
2013-07-19 (first published: 2013-07-15)
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Report from a Cube in Reporting Services
Data warehousing has become a staple of businesses to help make business decisions. From these data warehouses you can develop...
2013-07-10 (first published: 2013-07-08)
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Create a Named Set with all but one Member in MDX – SSAS
I was trying to create a Named set in SSAS 2008 using the MDX calculations. I wanted to include all...
2013-07-05 (first published: 2013-07-01)
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Comparing Previous Rows in SQL
I had a client recently that needed me to get the direction a student’s GPA was headed on a regular...
2013-06-24
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Pivoting weird data in SSIS – Sort of…
Sometimes we get data in some bad forms. For example look at the below table:
The names and the amounts are...
2013-06-18 (first published: 2013-06-17)
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SSRS – Using a Parameter to make Dynamic Columns
Multiple value parameters are a common tools used in SSRS. You can use this tool to select which columns actually...
2013-06-12 (first published: 2013-06-10)
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AS400 Program from SSIS
If you need to call an AS 400 program from an SSIS package this can easily be accomplished with an...
2013-06-03
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The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers