I’m presenting at the PASS Summit!
I am fortunate enough to have been selected to give a presentation at the PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC on October...
2013-05-23
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Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #7: Retaining Pivot Table Size After Data Refreshes
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-05-23
740 reads
Business Objects on Linux and SQL Server
This is just a quick post to share a lesson learned while I was on an engagement where the client’s...
2013-05-23
984 reads
Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
We all dread the scenario whereby SQL Server is under so much load and has a complete lack of resources...
2013-05-29 (first published: 2013-05-23)
4,538 reads
Starting with Azure
I’ve been meaning to do this, and I finally had the chance recently to start working with Azure. Red Gate...
2013-05-27 (first published: 2013-05-23)
2,617 reads
SQL Server – Get the Default Data File and Log File Location using T-SQL Query
In SQL Serve 2012, we can get the default data file and log file locations using a simple T-SQL query...
2013-05-23
675 reads
DR planning article up at MSSQLTips!
My latest article is up at MSSQLTips.com:
Disaster Recovery Planning for Microsoft SQL Server - Getting Backups and Restores Right
For more of...
2013-05-23
850 reads
Giving an SSIS security webinar with Andy Leonard
Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I are teaming up to do a security presentation on SSIS. It's scheduled for Wednesday, May...
2013-05-23
1,051 reads
Ad-hoc Reporting with SharePoint Recording and Q&A
I hope you were able to attend my free webinar on Ad-hoc Reporting with SharePoint on May 21, 2013. If...
2013-05-23
1,251 reads
Speaking at SQL PASS Summit 2013
WOW! I was selected to present at the SQL PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC. in October! All I can...
2013-05-23
570 reads
Blogs
Using AI to Build Semantic Models, Ontologies, and Fabric Data Agents
By James Serra
(This is the third post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
SSMS Is Getting Smarter—and This Isn’t Just About Writing SQL
Continuing with my takeaways from SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, let’s talk about...
Yippee-Kai-Yay 2027 Summit in Denver
By Steve Jones
Next year the PASS Data Community Summit is in DENVER! and London, but Denver...
Forums
Pay for Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Pay for Performance, which is...
Life hack that has worked well for me
I wrote about this several years ago but will contribute again a life hack...
Trying to make this faster using not exists
Hi I have this query that is slow during the 'not in' part of...
Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers