Using an RDL File Locally in .NET to Print Reports
The need to print doesn't seem to go away. Using RDL format report file you can print local reports in .net to PDF without having to connect to a Reporting Service Server.
2021-01-18
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Ben Kubicek
- Interests: Jesus, playing guitar singing, most sports, running, biking, triathlons
2020-10-29
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A tale of updating a legacy system bug
Even simple changes that don't look like they will affect anything often do.
2020-01-07
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A Self-Serve System to Refresh Databases (Part 3)
This is the wrap up of this series on a system for developers to restore production database in test. It gets pretty detailed on the web setup side.
2019-05-16
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A Self-Serve System that Allows Developers to Refresh Databases (Part 2)
Dive deep into the details of part 2 in this series of creating a solution so Developers can start a restore of Production to test.
2019-05-09
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A Self-Serve System that Allows Developers to Refresh Databases (Part 1)
Empower developers to refresh their own test systems with production backups.
2019-05-02
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Two Things I Would Change in SSISDB Setup
I suggest these two changes to the SSISDB setup to prevent issues down the road.
2019-01-11 (first published: 2016-03-29)
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Using your critical eye to see something positive
As DBA's we are often looking for issues and hole is things, but it is also important to see positives and seek a better solution.
2018-10-18
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Using Redgate API to compare data in the same table
I needed to speed up some regression testing. Redgate Sql Data compare API helped me do it.
2018-10-16
1,365 reads
What do you do when you make a mistake?
We all make mistakes, what you do next is what is important.
2017-07-13
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The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
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ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
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Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
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Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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