Common DAX functions and expressions for a SQL Server Tabular Database
By:Daniel Calbimonte || Related Tips: > Analysis Services Development Problem I have a Tabular Database and I'd like to know how to use some common functions and expressions used in DAX as well as...
View ArticleHow SQL Server counts page refs without counting
While researching my previous post on latch promotion , I came across an odd piece of magic that made me do a double take. And sleep on it. And tear out my hair. I took it on faith that this is more...
View ArticleSharing thoughts on satRdays R Conference, Budapest 2016 #satRdays
First satRdays in Budapest September 03, 2016 event is completed. This one day, community driven event with regional for very affordable prices, good for networking, getting latest from R community...
View ArticleSpeaking at IT/Dev Connections in October
I’m proud to be speaking at this year’s IT/Dev Connections conference in Las Vegas during the week of October 10th ! This conference is all about mastering various tools and products from Microsoft,...
View Article24 Hours of PASS Summit 2016 Preview Edition this Wednesday
Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek David Kleeis all around geek who loves data - including the platform it resides on, virtualizing it, improving performance, availability, and disaster...
View ArticleLots of NULL values can cause trouble
There isn’t a limit to the number of NULLs allowed in data sets but having more NULLs than you think you need may be a sign that it’s time to review. Some applications require a high amount of NULLs.It...
View ArticleSql Server: CTE Recursive Query to Get Employee Manager Hierarchy with Level
Introduction : In this article I have explained How to get parent child hierarchical relationship with levels using CTE (Common Table Expression) recursive query in sql. In previous articles i...
View ArticleLearning All About Always Encrypted at DevConnections
Like the alliteration in the title? I almost removed it, but decided it had a nice ring. Maybe that should be the title of my IT/DevConnections (Oct 10-13, 2016) session other than End to End Always...
View ArticleImplementing Fuzzy Sets in SQL Server, Part 3: Using Fuzzy Intersections as...
By Steve Bolton ………… Whenever we assign set membership grades to records on a continuous scale, we open up a whole new world of possibilities for measuring uncertainty and modeling different types of...
View ArticleSQL SERVER Database Backup and Restore Job Management
ApexSQL Backup is a tool for Microsoft SQL Server, intended for database backup and restore job management . The application supports all native SQL Server backups (full, differential and transaction...
View ArticleSQL Server Management Studio Tips, Tricks and Customizations Video Tutorial
TutorialsDBADevBICareerCategoriesEventsWhitepapersToday'sTipJoin TutorialsDBADevBICategoriesEvents DBADevBICategories SQL Server Management Studio Tips, Tricks and Customizations Video Tutorial...
View ArticleUsing Sqoop WHERE Argument to Filter Data from a SQL Server
Problem I need to load a specific subset of data from a SQL Server table to a Hadoop Distributed File System. Can I use a WHERE clause to restrict the data loaded to the Hadoop Distributed File System?...
View ArticleReminder: #SQLChat at lunch today
Databases Infrastructure Security Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing...
View ArticleSQL Server select into temp table
Many a times we get an output, and then query the output further. In such scenarios instead of writing the entire query repeatedly, and then improvising it or filtering it differently, we can dump the...
View ArticleKilt Day! PASS Summit 2016, Thursday
The Scary DBA I have twenty+ years experience in IT. That time was spent in technical support, development and database administration. I work forRed Gate Software as a Product Evangelist. I write...
View ArticleSSISDB and Catalog Part 1 Creating the DB
Although introduced in SQL 2012 I’ve never encountered this feature before, as all sites where I have previously worked have started with much earlier versions, and the old habits of implementing SSIS...
View ArticleArtur Zakirov: Data integration between PostgreSQL and MS SQL Server
In this topic I would like to describe setup of PostgreSQL integration, which works on a linux, with MS SQL Server. As well as how to import all tables from a specific schema of MS SQL Server database...
View ArticleSql Server Query to Find All Foreign Keys References of Particular Table
Introduction : In this article I have explained How to get all foreign key reference of any particular table with full details i.e. referenced table with schema, referring table with schema,...
View ArticleNative JSON Support in SQL Server 2016
When it comes to modern web development, JSON is one of the well known technologies when you require to exchange information between different applications. Before JSON, XML was used (and still being...
View ArticleSQL SERVER FIX Error 18456, Severity: 14, State: 5. Login failed for user
Some errors are historic and have the most common root cause. Sometimes we really don’t know why they happen and I have seen clients go nuts to identify the real reason for the problem. In a recent...
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