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I'm looking at several new visualization features in SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services and the data bar looks like something that I could really use. Can you provide an example of how to use this in a report?
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Slipstreaming SP\CU During Setup
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The Professional Student
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TSQL Challenge 46 - Remove leading occurrences of the first character
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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