Building or Buying a High Performance, Low Cost Desktop Machine for SQL Server Development and Testing
There was a lengthy discussion on Twitter this morning, where one of my friends, Grant Fritchey (Twitter) was asking the...
2011-07-24
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South Florida IT Camp Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Storing Powershell Output session at the South Florida 2011 IT Camp:
2011-07-24
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Lookup functions in SSRS 2008 R2 - I
Introduction
Most of us who are regularly working with SSRS have always felt the need of some way through which multiple...
2011-07-22
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2011 Call For Speakers Closes July 24
The 2011 version of SQLSaturday Orlando (officially SQLSaturday #85), a joint effort between Orlando's PASS chapters OPASS and MagicPASS, is...
2011-07-22
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I’ve Got A “SQLSat” In Kalamazoo
Last night I received an e-mail letting me know that I’ll be presenting at SQL Saturday #84 in Kalamazoo, MI. ...
2011-07-22
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Dynamically generate current Year, Month or Date member with MDX
MDX can be extended with Visual Basic functions like the FORMAT() and NOW() functions to dynamically generate the current year, month or...
2011-07-22
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Visual Studio vNext
“vNext” is the codename Microsoft has chosen for the next version of the Visual Studio.
A big feature is improving the application lifecycle management...
2011-07-22
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SQLSkills Immersion training in London
Just short of the winter solstice, I bailed out of a freezing cold Johannesburg for warmer climates; well, actually for...
2011-07-22
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Re-blog – July 15-July 21
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Oddly enough,...
2011-07-22
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SSRS: Dynamic Data Sources
I have been building dashboard using Reporting Services (SSRS) for a client of mine. The dashboard is going to be...
2011-07-22
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
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