PASS Update #33
It’s been almost a month since my last update, too long! I’ve put up separate posts on my unplanned and...
2010-06-17
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Building a PASS Voting Solution – Part 1
Last year for the annual Board of Directors election we used Zoomerang as our e-voting solution. It’s not the worst...
2010-06-17
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Strange but True: Reporting Off of Cubes with Parameters Creates Hidden Datasets
I know, it is strange, but it is true...When you create Reporting Services reports that run off of an Analysis...
2010-06-17
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What is the Ideal SQL Server Test Box?
I’m thinking about setting up a SQL Server test box in my home office for doing some extensive, real-world SQL...
2010-06-17
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24 HOP Available
Just a quick note. PASS has made the 24 Hours of PASS available via streaming video. You can check it...
2010-06-16
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24 Hours of PASS Recordings Now Available
Our most recent 24 Hours of PASS celebrated the SQL 2008 R2 launch. 24 great sessions, 23 of which were...
2010-06-16
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My PASS Session Abstracts
The 1992 Dream Team
When you hear the phrase “All-Star Lineup”, what comes to mind? The New York Yankees? The 1970's...
2010-06-16
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So I Won't Be Going to the Summit This Year
As the deadline for abstracts to be submitted to the PASS Summit came due, I made the hard decision not...
2010-06-16
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 24
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-16
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I’d buy an iPhone4, but ….
I don’t trust ATT.
That’s saying something. AT&T, the company that built US telco, that gave us innovations from Bell Labs,...
2010-06-16
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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