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Pass Historical Data for Stocks from Google Finance to SQL Server
Problem I read about the GOOGLEFINANCE function with Google Sheets as a convenient way to get historical and current data for stocks. Please demonstrate a solution for passing data for a bunch of...
View ArticleCleaning up the SQL Server master database
By:Aaron Bertrand || Related Tips:More >System Databases Problem I'm sure we've all done this: inadvertently created objects in the master database. We may not have noticed we were in master, we...
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Dummies Guide for a SQL Server Presentation
Introduction Few days ago, saw the blog onpresentations. As I have been giving many public speaking assignments at SQL Saturdays, the SQL Server Geeks Annual Summit, and at user groups in the last 12...
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PASS Summit Keynotes Day 1 with Joseph Sirosh
Welcome to the PASS Summit 2016! Day One Keynote with Joseph Sirosh Adam Jorgensen, PASS President, welcomed the PASS community to the Seattle, introducing a number of exciting opportunities we are...
View ArticleSSMS 2016 Bug
All About SQL I am a Senior DBA with interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During 2015 I was mentored by Paul Randal Data Platform (SQL Server) MVP and during 2016 I completed my...
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Technical Preview of Power BI reports in SQL Server Reporting Services now...
It’s finally here! Following our announcement Tuesday and subsequent session at PASS Summit 2016 this week, we’re pleased to announce the Technical Preview of Power BI reports in SQL Server Reporting...
View ArticleSpeed up Reports for MS SQL Server 2014 Reporting Services SSRS and Access...
Speed up Reports for MS SQL Server 2014 Reporting Services SSRS and Access LogInformation Posted: October 27, 2016 | Author: Jingyang Li | Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment There are a few...
View ArticleDeleting Cached Logins For Azure Analysis Services In SQL Server Management...
When Azure Analysis Services was announced I had to try it out right away. Of course I didn’t read the instructions properly so when I tried to log in to my Azure Analysis Services instance from SQL...
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SQL SERVER Configuring Startup Options for SQL Server Management Studio
Yesterday I started my day early to get to a gym. I know this was the first day and I had loads of work pending to be completed at work too. This got me busy and I started to drive my car, oblivious of...
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Addressing SQL Server Replication Violation of Primary Key Errors
Problem We're seeing the SQL Server error, "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'xxx'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'xxx'. The duplicate key value is (xxx)" in our transactional replication...
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Automatic Notifications for SQL Server Databases Without Backups
Problem One of the most important tasks of any SQL Server DBA is to validate database backups are occurring in their environments. When we have an environment with hundreds or thousands of databases...
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What packages still use Configuration?
What packages still use Configurations? I'm sitting in Tim Mitchell's excellent "Deep Dive into the SSISDB session" and someone asked how they can figure out what packages use the classic deployment...
View ArticlePASS Summit 2016 Recap
Tim Mitchell Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence consultant, author, trainer, and SQL Server MVP with over a decade of data management experience. He is a partner with Linchpin People and is the...
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PASS Summit 2016-Thursday Part II
The second half of the day was spent talking with various speakers and attendees. I got into a great conversation about trying to mentor developers at work places about how to write good T-SQL. It was...
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It’s That Friday Five Feeling
Guy Glantser is a SQL Server MVP. He is the leader of the Israeli PASS chapter, as well as the CEO of Madeira SQL Server Services. His career has been focused on SQL Server, and for the past 18 years...
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Free e-book: Data Science with SQL Server 2016
There's a new e-book available to download free from Microsoft Academy : Data Science with Microsoft SQL Server 2016. This 90-page e-book is aimed at data scientists who already have some experience in...
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Create Power BI reports in the SQL Server Reporting Services Technical Preview
In today’s post, we’re picking up where we left off yesterday with the announcement of the availability of the new Technical Preview of Power BI reports in SQL Server Reporting Services . Get it now...
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SQL SERVER FIX Error: Maintenance plan scheduled but job is not running as pe...
This was one of the interesting issues I solved in many days. One of my clients contacted me and told that they have scheduled a maintenance plan to take t-log backup at 10 PM but it’s not running....
View ArticleTemporal Tables
I have delivered a talk about “SQL Server 2016 Temporal Tables” for the Pacific Northwest SQL Server User Group at the beginning of October . Slides are available on SlideShare here:...
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PolyBase Another Method for Creating a Stretch Database in SQL Server 2016
PolyBase, which was released with SQL Server 2016, provides another method to access live data either locally or in the cloud, very similar to the SQL Server Stretch database feature. Polybase can...
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