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Sql Server Reporting Services Report Definition Language | HOWTO: Create and...
Home Installations & Configuration Sql Server Reporting Services Report Definition Language | HOWTO: Create and Deploy a Simple SQL Server 2008 RDL Report Installations & Configuration Sql...
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SQL Server Reporting Services Caching and Snapshots
By: Scott Murray || Related Tips: > Reporting Services Administration Problem SQL Server Reporting Services offers several options for maintaining past executions of reports. Both the cache and...
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Why you need to integrate data auditing into your SQL Server database...
Why auditing? Providing a detailed, accurate and current audit trail for your database is no longer optional. With GDPR and other corporate governance requirements, as well as regular risk-mitigation,...
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Database Backup and Restore process in SQL Server series intro
It’s a time to turn the corner from “DBA” to “DBA specialist”. This in-depth guide explores the importance of database backup-and-restore features and skills you’ll need to build good...
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What is SQL Server database continuous integration (CI)? a high level concept...
If you’ve never automated builds in SQL Server before and but are still CI-curious, then this quick high-level overview, should introduce to you the basics and maybe even lead to you wading into the...
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SQLSaturday Portugal: Lisbon 2018 Workshops
I am beyond grateful for the 2 incredible speakers that SQLSaturday in Lisbon shall be hosting on 21st of September 2018 for the whole day workshops. We were absolutely privileged to have received...
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SQL Server Reference Data Best Practices - Part 2
Problem Reference data is added to the SQL Server database by multiple developers and testers, thereby causing inconsistencies in the database due to reference data updated by one developer getting...
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SQL Server Script to Search Through All Error Logs
Problem The requirement is to create a simple SQL Server log report that will display all relevant log rows from all log filesin SQL Server. These stored procedure s xp_readerrorlog and sp_readerrorlog...
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Why use the SQL Server 2008 geographic data type?
I am redesigning a customer database and one of the new pieces of information I would like to store along with the standard address fields (Street, City, etc.) is the geographic location of the...
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SQL Server IntelliSense and Autocomplete
Starting from SQL Server 2008, Microsoft introduced a new feature in the SQL Server Management Studio that helps the database developers and the database administrators writing the T-SQL commands...
View ArticleUsing Process Monitor With Power Query
Chris Webb has a couple interesting posts on using Process Monitor, a venerable sysinternals tool, to troubleshoot issues with Power Query performance. First, Chris looks at how often Power Query...
View ArticleThe Halloween Problem And Deleting From Self-Referencing Tables
I have a great interest in hierarchy solutions, as I plan to write a book on implementing hierarchies in SQL Server in the next year or so (after I see what happens in SQL Server vNext after 2017)....
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Is SQL Server Always Encrypted, for sensitive data encryption, right for your...
So, your manager wants you to figure out how to encrypt sensitive Data? Well, Microsoft has introduced a fairly easy way to configure feature called Always Encrypted. What is it? Always Encrypted was...
View ArticlePatch and Update SQL Server via Command Line
No one likes to patch or update SQL Server, it takes time and can make for very long days. I have been using a silent or quiet install of SQL Server patches used the windows command line for a while...
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Columnstore Precon at SQLSaturday Madrid 2018
I am very honoured to share that I will be presenting a full day workshop at SQLSaturday Madrid 2018 . The title of my workshop is set to “ Optimised Analytics: Tune your Data Warehouse with...
View ArticleMicrosoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Scheduled to Sunset July 2019
If you’re a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 user, you’re probably already aware that extended support is scheduled to be sunset July 9, 2019, in keeping with Microsoft’s Support...
View ArticleHelp! I can’t connect to my SQL Server multi-subnet failover cluster
I get that kind of call or email from customers all the time. I have a generic response as follows… This has everything you need to know....
View ArticleWhat a SISS-up!
Have you ever had the situation where you have set up automated deployment of a SSIS package and you upgrade the package and the SQL Server it is deployed to, then suddenly your packages start behaving...
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Sql Server Reporting Services Visual Studio 2017 | SSRS 2016 Part 1 Creating ...
Home Installations & Configuration Sql Server Reporting Services Visual Studio 2017 | SSRS 2016 Part 1 Creating and Deploying Your First Report Installations & Configuration Sql Server...
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OSTRESS doesn’t push SQL Server as hard as you think
Many folks recommend using the RML Utilities OSTRESS.EXE as a benchmarking/stress testing tool. The problem is there seems to be an internal bottleneck limiting the tool to make only about 500 SQL...
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