Dimensional Modeling Financial Data in SSAS
Part 1 – Parent Child Hierarchies and Pseudo GL Accounts
This post is born out of some real life lessons that I...
2011-10-26
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Watch those VARCHAR(MAX) columns, and ONLINE index rebuilds
G’day,
I’ve noted a few instances lately of cases where VARCHAR(MAX) columns have been used unnecessarily, when a small value (for a...
2011-10-26
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Miss TechEd Australia 2011? No problem, all videos are online
As you may know, the TechEd in the U.S. is not the only one. There have been many all over the...
2011-10-26
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Applied SQL: Demonstrate Simple Backup and Restore
Let’s apply a little backup and restore knowledge, eh wot?
I introduce this whole concept in Applied SQL: You Have Homework....
2011-10-26
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A Bit of a SQL Saturday 99 Update…
I’ve been a bit busy while planning this year’s SQL Saturday in Minnesota. Unfortunately, that hasn’t led to a lot...
2011-10-26
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SSAS – Deployment Wizard
The Analysis Services Deployment Wizard is an often under utilized but important tool when moving your OLAP database throughout your...
2011-10-26
7,414 reads
SQLInspireNYC - You can still REGISTER for FREE! - Embarcadero Give-a-way
You may have missed the big announcement yesterday on SQLServerCentral.com, that thanks to one of our great event sponsors, Red Gate, we...
2011-10-26
958 reads
I’m a winner!
Actually, I only submitted the winning entry; Denali CTP3 SQL Server 2012 is the real winner. After having a blog...
2011-10-26
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Troubleshooting THREADPOOL Waits
Today I want to talk about a specified wait type that can be sometimes very hard to
troubleshoot: the THREADPOOL wait...
2011-10-25
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Import MS Best Practice Policies
Let’s take a look at how to import the Microsoft Best Practice Policies into your Policy Based Management Server. You...
2011-10-25
1,034 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers