Resources from the PASS community this coming month
Even though it is December, I noticed a lot going on for FREE in the PASS Microsoft Data Technology community....
2017-11-30
604 reads
The Smiling DBA
IT Dev Connections 2017
The IT Dev Connections conference was in San Francisco, CA this week. While I did not spend any time as a tourist, I did mingle with attendees and speakers....
2017-10-25
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IT Dev Connections 2017
The IT Dev Connections conference was in San Francisco, CA this week. While I did not spend any time as...
2017-10-25
385 reads
SSAS Tabular DirectQuery–No Hierarchies in Dimensions
I recently was testing DirectQuery to see the reporting differences in a Tabular Model. After Deploying to a development server and analyzing in Excel, the hierarchies for the Date...
2017-09-29
77 reads
SSAS Tabular DirectQuery–No Hierarchies in Dimensions
I recently was testing DirectQuery to see the reporting differences in a Tabular Model. After Deploying to a development server...
2017-09-28
877 reads
Elect The Next PASS Board Members
The PASS board elections are coming up and there is a twitter chat event to ask questions to the candidates before you vote. Both tweeter events will be on...
2017-09-13
7 reads
Elect The Next PASS Board Members
The PASS board elections are coming up and there is a twitter chat event to ask questions to the candidates...
2017-09-12
503 reads
Analysis Services Series on SQLShack
Please visit SQLShack.com for new articles on many facets of SQL Server. I have been trying my best to document how to create SQL Server Analysis Service databases with...
2017-08-17
23 reads
Analysis Services Series on SQLShack
Please visit SQLShack.com for new articles on many facets of SQL Server. I have been trying my best to document...
2017-08-16
740 reads
SQLSaturday Baton Rouge #628 2017
Come join around 500+ attendees and speakers learning and networking at the LSU College of Business – Business Education Complex on Nicholson Drive Extension in Baton Rouge on Saturday...
2017-07-21
3 reads
Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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The Microsoft SQL Year in Review
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: The || Operator
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Your Value from a Conference
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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