Book Review – Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI and Power Pivot for Excel
As preparation for my session at Techorama.be about data modeling in self-service BI, I decided to read the book Analyzing Data...
2018-03-15
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The 700 Milestone
I’ve watched various SQL Saturday milestones go by. I missed 100 in Brazil, but did manage to get to 200...
2018-03-15
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DB_NAME() vs ORIGINAL_DB_NAME()
I’d never seen ORIGINAL_DB_NAME until recently and I thought it would be interesting to highlight it out, and in particular...
2018-03-27 (first published: 2018-03-15)
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Why contractors need recruitment agents?
Welcome to WIN at IT contracting: A FREE guide showing YOU How to get the most out of Recruitment Agent...
2018-03-15
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Automation and cleaner code/data are the key to future success
This blog post is a copy of a post I wrote for SQL Masters Consulting as part of T-SQL Tuesday....
2018-03-15
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What's New In SQL Server 2017? at the March '18 Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
Thanks to everyone to attended the BRSSUG meeting tonight at our sponsor's location at the Baton Rouge Alliance Safety Council location and their awesome classroom training facility.See you next...
2018-03-15
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What's New In SQL Server 2017? at the March '18 Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group
Thanks to everyone to attended the BRSSUG meeting tonight at our sponsor's location at the Baton Rouge Alliance Safety Council...
2018-03-14
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: TIME
This post continues our look at date and time data types in SQL Server. SQL Server 2008 introduced new data...
2018-03-14
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SQL Server Management Studio Dark theme
Enable dark-theme for SSMS Purpose Guide to enable dark-theme in SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS). Reading time +/- 10 minutes References www.sqlserver.info...
2018-03-14
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SQL Server Management Studio Dark theme
Enable dark-theme for SSMS Purpose Guide to enable dark-theme in SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS). Reading time +/- 10 minutes References www.sqlserver.info...
2018-03-14
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Checking the Error Log II
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