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  • Reply To: copy or duplicate a folder in SSRS web portal

    Feel free to ask. In my experience, I haven't needed to use the import functionality before. I've exported when I needed a data dump of all my reports to disk...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Grouping based on chronological periods

    This looks like a homework or assignment or an interview question, so you will forgive me for not just spitting out a full TSQL query for this. What is always...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: copy or duplicate a folder in SSRS web portal

    The best way I know how to do it then is to do an export to disk and then import it back in a new folder.

    Here is the export script:

  • This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Mr. Brian Gale.

The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: High Cardinality

    @graham.hitchings - A unique column will have high cardinality too based on the link in the QOTD. It states:

    An example of a data table column with high-cardinality would be a...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Projects To Showcase Your Skills

    Just wanted to add to Thomas Franz's third paragraph - from my experience, when people are being let go, it is SOMETIMES based on how important and how good they...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: copy or duplicate a folder in SSRS web portal

    As far as I know, there is no way to do that. The best solution I know of is to make a new folder and push the files over manually...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Basic query performance

    If it is "results to screen", it is more likely the rendering on screen that is the slowness and not the data retrieval/download process and in that case, an indexed...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Basic query performance

    ALSO I am not saying "don't use indexed views", I am saying test it. Even just adding 1 index will impact INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE performance (and can impact SELECT...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Basic query performance

    Just a heads up about indexed views - in SQL Server Standard, indexed views must be explicitly requested to use the index. In enterprise the query optimizer will use the...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: SQL Window Functions Series: NTILE()

    Just wanted to add, I liked the article. I wasn't trying to criticize it, especially since I've never had the guts to post one on here. I just wanted clarification...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Basic query performance

    Another thing that ties into what Grant said - if this is SSIS, those 22M rows are likely trying to be stored in memory. If you don't have enough memory...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: SQL Window Functions Series: NTILE()

    I am slightly confused by the last example - Integrating NTILE with RANK(), DENSE_RANK(), LAG(), and LEAD(). You have both LAG and LEAD partitioned by EmployeeId and EmployeeID is unique...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Visual studio 2019 hangs when open excel data source

    Another thing it COULD be is do you have that excel file open in any other tool (Excel for example)? If it is on a shared drive, is the excel...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: Being A Bit Less Comfortable in 2024

    Good advice... do something out of my comfort zone... RELEASE DIRECTLY TO PROD!!!

    Just kidding. My goal is to get back into photography. I kind of dropped out of that for...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

  • Reply To: SQL2019 ODBC Connection from Linux setup help.

    Stepping away from TLS being the issue, can you run the isql command with the -v parameter? This will give you verbose output and will tell you EXACTLY what is...

    The above is all just my opinion on what you should do. 
    As with all advice you find on a random internet forum - you shouldn't blindly follow it.  Always test on a test server to see if there is negative side effects before making changes to live!
    I recommend you NEVER run "random code" you found online on any system you care about UNLESS you understand and can verify the code OR you don't care if the code trashes your system.

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