Power Testing ETL with Power BI – Creating the Tests with Power Pivot
This is the second deep dive into Power Testing ETL with Power BI. At this point, we have created the...
2014-11-13
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Just an idea: Bare Bones SQL
I’m reading Andy Warren’s excellent essay “Thoughts on raising funds and spending funds for PASS chapters”, and it’s bringing together...
2014-11-13
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Thoughts On Raising Funds and Spending Funds for PASS Chapters
Based on limited but practical experience I believe chapters typically work hardest to find speakers and sponsors, the latter being...
2014-11-13
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We’re at War – Cyberwar
In case you’ve not been following the news with regards to *government* breaches:
White House computers hacked – Russia suspectedUS Postal Service...
2014-11-13
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Adding a column to the primary key.
Every now and again you realize that the primary key for a table does not uniquely describe a row. Not...
2014-11-13
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Script to Monitor SQL Server Database Mirroring Status
SQL Server Database Mirroring is fantastic HA solution developed by Microsoft. Microsoft lunch database mirroring with SQL Server 2005. Database...
2014-11-13
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MDX #44–How to find all the calculated measures
Calculated measures are visually identifiable
If you have access to a cube, it’s quite easy to find all the calculated measures.
The...
2014-11-13
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Outlier Detection with SQL Server, part 2.2: Modified Z-Scores
By Steve Bolton
…………There are apparently many subtle variations on Z-Scores, a ubiquitous measure that is practically a cornerstone in the...
2014-11-13
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Updated blog Site
This post is mainly to test the syndication still works correctly from my heavily updated web/blog site so apologies for...
2014-11-12
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Updated blog Site
This post is mainly to test the syndication still works correctly from my heavily updated web/blog site so apologies for...
2014-11-12
427 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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