Reporting Services Switch Function
Recently a client requested to create a Reporting Services expression that emulated the CASE WHEN statement from T-SQL. The expression...
2010-02-19
4,292 reads
Feedback from Connect : Allow Snapshot Backups
I posted a note to allow snapshots to be backed up in SQL Server. The inability to do so, and...
2010-02-19
1,482 reads
On Ethics
I was having a conversation recently with a friend and former co-worker of mine. He's bounced around here and there,...
2010-02-19
801 reads
Bikes for Almost Grownups
Ran across this in Make Magazine, http://www.bigkidbike.com/, these are totally custom bikes, with names like Bigger Wheel, Lizard, and Kitten....
2010-02-19
552 reads
Testing New Features in SQL Azure Service Update 1
It seems to be SQL Azure night for me tonight… I thought I would try out some of the new...
2010-02-19
714 reads
Playing With SQL Azure Data Synch
Microsoft has provided a free tool that allows you to easily create a SQL Azure database, and then synchronize the...
2010-02-19
1,580 reads
SQL Azure Database Service Update 1 Released on February 17
Microsoft’s David Robinson has announced on the SQL Azure Team Blog that they have released Service Update 1 for SQL...
2010-02-19
525 reads
SQL Server 2005/2008, Service Packs - announcement
This is a good news from the Microsoft about SQL Server Release Services for both versions SQL Server 2008 & 2005.
SQL...
2010-02-19
660 reads
Speaking at the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter
Next week, I’ll be “in the cloud” as I give a presentation for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter. The topic...
2010-02-19
350 reads
Getting over to ASK
I haven’t been great about spending time at ask.sqlservercentral.com. It wasn’t my idea to set it up, and while I...
2010-02-18
757 reads
Blogs
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...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
select bit_count(null)See possible answers