A New Word: Ochisia
ochisia – n. the fear that the role you once occupied in someone’s life could be refilled without a second thought, which makes you wish that every breakup would...
2024-11-15
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Blog Posts
Counting Groups with Window Functions: #SQLNewBlogger
I looked at row_number() in a previous post. Now I want to build on that and do some counting of rows with COUNT() and the OVER clause. I’ll show...
2024-11-15 (first published: 2024-10-30)
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Create a Numbers Table in Power Query
This is a quick blog post, mainly so I have the code available if I need it somewhere in the future 🙂 Sometimes you need a numbers table (also...
2024-11-15
Free webinar – Tackling the Gaps and Islands Problem with T-SQL Window Functions
I’m hosting a free webinar at MSSQLTips.com at the 19th of December 2024, 6PM UTC. The topic is about window functions, something that really interests me and that should...
2024-11-15 (first published: 2024-10-31)
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Microsoft finally adds Tenant Switcher for Fabric / Power BI
Praise whatever deity you believe in, because it’s finally here, a tenant switcher for Microsoft Fabric (which includes Power BI). A what? Let me explain. When you have a...
2024-11-15 (first published: 2024-11-14)
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Building Effective Data Governance Framework: Top Areas to Focus On
The post Building Effective Data Governance Framework: Top Areas to Focus On appeared first on Joyful Craftsmen.
2024-11-14
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Microsoft Releases Windows 11 ARM ISO – A Game Changer for ARM-Powered Devices
Yesterday, Microsoft released the highly anticipated Windows 11 ARM ISO image, marking a major milestone for ARM-powered devices. This new release opens the door for users to install Windows...
2024-11-14
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Book Review – Humanizing Data Strategy by Tiankai Feng
This book was making its rounds on social media, and the concept seems interesting enough to make me want to read it. It’s a very short book (only 106...
2024-11-13 (first published: 2024-11-12)
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Extending a SQL Server Failover Cluster Across Regions in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
I was the principal author of this SIOS whitepaper, which describes how to build a 2-node SQL Server cluster in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) spanning multiple zones. Today, I’ll...
2024-11-13 (first published: 2024-10-29)
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Master the Foundational Basics
It tells us to take the time to master the foundational basics of whatever technology we're working with. If we have mastered the basics in the past, it behooves...
2024-11-13
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Blogs
A New Word: Ochisia
By Steve Jones
ochisia – n. the fear that the role you once occupied in someone’s life...
Create a Numbers Table in Power Query
This is a quick blog post, mainly so I have the code available if...
Microsoft finally adds Tenant Switcher for Fabric / Power BI
Praise whatever deity you believe in, because it’s finally here, a tenant switcher for...
Forums
Creating paginated report where each page is a month in the range selected
With in the paginated report I am trying to display on each new page...
Upgrading SSIS and SSRS from SQL Server 2016
Hi All, I have plan to upgrade SSIS and SSRS from SQL Server 2016,...
Question of the Day
The Density Vector
When building statistics, there is the concept of density that refers to the duplicates in a table. How is this calculated?
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