Blog Post: Power BI Designer
Long has the question been asked “Which Microsoft tool do I use for dashboards?”. SSRS, Excel, PowerView, Report Builder and PerformancePoint are all candidates. But that has all changed, and the...
View ArticleBlog Post: T-SQL to Display Weekends Between two Dates
Different ways to find the weekend between two given dates. The SQL requires @begindate and @endate paramteters to be entered in the below SQL Download T-SQL WeekendBetweenTwoValidDates DECLARE...
View ArticleBlog Post: HOW TO: Recycle the SQL Server Analysis Services msmdsrv.log File
I found this question over at DBA StackExchange the other day and it left me shaking my head. How is it possible that there is no way to automatically recycle, or reset, the SQL Server Analysis...
View ArticleBlog Post: Jen’s Diary: A belated Review of my first year on the Board
Disclaimer: I am not officially talking for PASS here. These are my own opinions. I’m a year into my tenure on the Board of Directors for PASS. What have I done, and what have I learned? The Skinny:...
View ArticleBlog Post: Data and Rethinking Universal Assumptions
Here is my latest blog on the PASS BA Conference website: Data and Rethinking Universal Assumptions . Learn more with me – catch mysession, “ Pulling Back the Green Curtain: Data Forensics, Power BI,...
View ArticleBlog Post: Mid-Week Update
Just a short mid-week update, David Postlethwaite has been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Vienna which is being held in Vienna at the end of February(28th Feb). David’s talk is titled Putting...
View ArticleBlog Post: Rule "Same architecture installation" Failed When Installing...
Just a quick post on an error I encountered when installing SQLServer Data Tools - Business Intelligence (SSDT-BI) for Visual Studio 2012. The installation wouldn't even start because of a failing...
View ArticleBlog Post: Space issues with SSIS temp files
The page came at a reasonable hour. All of the overnight ETL and processing jobs were just winding up before the business started in earnest for the day. One of the final jobs of the morning failed, a...
View ArticleBlog Post: Pagination in SQL Server
It amazes me how much easier certain tasks have gotten in SQL Server. I was watching the Nov 2014 SQL Skills insiders video on OFFSET and FETCH by Jonathan Kehayias ( b / t ) and remembered fondly an...
View ArticleBlog Post: SS SLUG January 2015 Meet-up
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View ArticleBlog Post: BA Marathon – what is it, and who is it for?
On Your Mark. Get Set. Go! Join us on February 3, 2015 for a preview of what’s to come at the PASS Business Analytics Conference in April. The BA Marathon features 6 back-to-back live webinars with...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server Sri Lanka User Group - January 2015 Meet-up
Welcome to a new year of data goodness! To start of this year, we have a distinguished personality in the data space in Sri Lanka, along with a SQL Server MVP speaking on a couple of interesting...
View ArticleBlog Post: Oracle Linked Server Error 7354: Data Type Not Supported
A few days ago I was trying to get some data from several tables from an Oracle server. A linked server was already created with the name SERVERA and I used four-part naming in the query. The data of...
View ArticleBlog Post: Listen to Lead
I’ve got a question for you. Where did you learn how to listen? Of all the coaching and consulting clients I have asked that question to, not one has had formal training to become a better listener....
View ArticleBlog Post: Big Data with the Microsoft Analytics Platform System
Want a broad-level technical look at Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS), the high-performance and scalable solution built for modern data warehousing needs? If you're looking to improve your...
View ArticleBlog Post: Putting Your head in the Cloud– A Beginner’s Guide to SQL Azure
David Postlethwaite will be speaking at this years SQL Saturday Vienna. The event will be held in Vienna on Saturday 28th February 2015. You can read all about this specific event by visiting...
View ArticleBlog Post: #0351 – SQL Server – Locate an object in a SQL Server instance
Interacting with people on a SQL Server forum is always something that I look forward to. It gives me an insight into the challenges that are being faced out in the field – some of which I may have...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Injection – Why the Heck Does this Keep Happening?!
I’m decidedly old-school in a few of my habits. My morning routine, barring anything out of the ordinary, is one such example. Typically, I’ll get up between 6:30 to 7:00 am, grab my first cup of...
View ArticleBlog Post: Except and Intersect
EXCEPT and INTERSECT are two uncommon commands. Not that they do anything odd but they aren’t exactly well known in any detail or used very often. I’ve been using them myself a bit recently and...
View ArticleBlog Post: Exam Prep 70-463: Data Flow Source Adapters
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012. So far, we’ve covered: Tables and...
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