SQL Server Pro Article: Custom Programming to Enhance SSRS Reports
I’m very excited to see my first feature article published in SQL Server Pro Magazine titled Custom Programming to Enhance...
2013-07-02
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SQL Server BI Blog
Book Review: Instant Creating Data Models with PowerPivot How-to
I recently had the opportunity to review a pre-published copy of the “Instant” series book “Creating Data Models with PowerPivot...
2013-06-13
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Time to Complete the 2013 BI Survey
It’s that time of year again… end of the school year, graduation, Fathers’ Day and of course; time to take...
2013-06-10
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Taking the Tabular Journey
A Getting-Started and Survival Guide for planning, designing and building Tabular Semantic Models with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services....
2013-06-02
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Mastering Reporting Services Expressions, March 26
As part of SQL Server Pro eLearning series, I’ll be presenting three 75 minute sessions on March 26th on using...
2013-03-15
796 reads
Visual Studio 2012/SSDT Addition for BI Project Version Compatibility & Themes
We can now use Visual Studio 2012 to create and edit SQL Server BI projects! Woo Hoo. In the past,...
2013-03-08
1,090 reads
SQL Server Community World Tour with GeoFlow
When I started playing with GeoFlow, I just had to find a way to do something interesting with it. This...
2013-03-06
706 reads
Speaking at the Business Analytics Conference, April 1-12 in Chicago
The email message earlier today said “Please note that the official schedule will be released tomorrow, February 6th, so please...
2013-02-06
688 reads
Database Lifecycle Management for Azure SQL Database
DLM 1.0 Released Today When “SQL Azure” first became available a couple of years ago, I played with it, created...
2013-02-01
1,932 reads
Reporting Services 2012 BI Training
Just wanted to get the word out that our SSRS 2012 training course is available. Are you looking for expert...
2012-12-10
1,537 reads
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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Escaping Strings
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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