PASS Board Update: March 2015
Hello all,
It’s been a while since my last update. Sorry. I’ve just been traveling and presenting and working on books...
2015-03-31
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SSRS report footer is NOT lost in Excel
With all the recent changes and updates within the Microsoft PowerBI universe, SSRS core technology gets less and less attention....
2015-04-07 (first published: 2015-03-31)
14,206 reads
Why I Want to Have Coffee With You
Yesterday I read an article entitled “Why I Don’t Want to Have Coffee With You”, in which the author writes...
2015-04-10 (first published: 2015-03-31)
7,907 reads
An Easter SQL
Since Easter is nearly upon us, I got to thinking once again about how challenging it is to calculate the...
2015-03-31
3,773 reads
Intro to SQL Server Automation with PowerShell
March 26th, 2015, a date which will live in infamy!
Well, at least for me it will. March 26th, 2015...
2015-03-30
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Outlier Detection with SQL Server, part 5: Interquartile Range
By Steve Bolton
…………The last seven articles in this series of mistutorials on identifying outlying values in SQL Server database were...
2015-03-30
5,891 reads
SQLPort – 5 Years
On 21st of April 2015, SQLPort is preparing a very special event. The reason for this is that on 21st...
2015-03-30
1,103 reads
Toshiba Portege Z30 Review
I saw recently that Grant Fritchey wrote a review of his laptop, the Portege Z30. I had noted Grant’s issues...
2015-03-30
1,796 reads
Backups – They Are Needed, Who Knew?
Backups are essential for a successful business model. That statement may or may spark some topics for debate, but at...
2015-04-06 (first published: 2015-03-30)
7,147 reads
Does the New Cardinality Estimator Reduce Bad Parameter Sniffing
No. Next question.
Although, that answer can be slightly, ever so slightly, nuanced…
Parameter sniffing is a good thing. But, like a...
2015-04-06 (first published: 2015-03-30)
7,291 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
Forums
Pay for Performance
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My PASS Summit West 2026
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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