Upcoming SQL Saturday Precon Sessions (Update!!!!)
Wow, Power BI is making a tidal wave in the BI industry. New features are being released regularly and blog posts...
2016-02-08
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SQLDownSouth
SQL Server 2016 Row-level Security and SSRS a perfect match
In this blog I will explain and demonstrate how to leverage a new feature in SQL Server 2016, Row Level...
2016-02-15 (first published: 2016-02-08)
9,016 reads
From the Power BI dashboard to a specific page in a Report
Recently, I was working with a customer designing Power BI reports and dashboards. Everything was going great until she asked...
2016-01-25
2,709 reads
Quick Tip: Why Can’t I Pin an Excel Range to a Power BI Dashboard?
So two new exciting capabilities were announced recently in Power BI. One involved Excel and the other SSRS, but they...
2015-12-17 (first published: 2015-12-14)
1,843 reads
Atlanta BI Edition SQL Saturday Precon
The explosion of Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities coming from Microsoft these days have left many of us in a frenzy. ...
2015-12-03
900 reads
Sentiment Analysis with Power BI
I was recently asked by a customer to help them do some Text analysis of course evaluation data. They wanted...
2015-12-09 (first published: 2015-12-02)
4,210 reads
Orlando SQL Saturday Precon – Transform and Visualize Data with Power BI
I found out a couple of weeks ago that I will speaking at the Orlando SQL Saturdayfor the first time...
2015-07-24 (first published: 2015-07-20)
2,099 reads
I’m Speaking at the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday
After a few years away, the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday group has finally allowed me back at their annual event...
2015-07-15
1,340 reads
A Full Day of Power BI with Me
Join me for a full day of Power BI in Baton Rouge, LA and Downers Grove, IL, where I will teach...
2015-04-13
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2015-04-10
1,108 reads
Blogs
Simplify Kubernetes Security With Kyverno and OPA Gatekeeper
Here’s how these tools can make Kubernetes security easier and help you avoid common...
A New Word: Lackout
By Steve Jones
lackout – n. the sudden awareness that you’re finally over someone, noticing that the...
Delta Lake over Spark Connect
By Ed Elliott
All Spark Connect Posts I have just finished an update for the spark connect dotnet...
Forums
Shades and Reflecting on SQLBits and the Bright Future of Data
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Shades and Reflecting on SQLBits...
Merge techniques
In Azure SQL DB, i want to merge records from the staging table to...
SSRS error: The Value for the image 'Image1' has a constant value...
Full error message: SSRS error: The Value for the image 'Image1' has a constant...
Question of the Day
Adding Defaults
I have a table, called dbo.logger, in SQL Server 2022. I decide to add two new columns to this table with this code.
ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD CreateDate DATETIME CONSTRAINT dfGetDate DEFAULT GETDATE() GO ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD ModifyDate DATETIME DEFAULT dfGetDate GOWhat happens when I run these two batches? See possible answers