Adam and Jennifer Salvo are IT professionals with over 10 years of diverse experience. Jennifer is a Business Intelligence developer focusing on the Microsoft BI stack (SSIS, SSAS and SSRS). Her prior work experience includes software development, systems analysis, end-user support, training, and SharePoint administration. Adam is a .NET technical lead with a current emphasis on Dev Ops and Windows Azure. His prior work experience includes .NET development, SQL Server administration, and BizTalk development. They also maintain a personal blog at salvoz.com.

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MDX Root Function

This week I discovered an incredibly useful MDX function, the function is called Root.  Full documentation can be found here....

2014-01-08 (first published: )

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MDX Root Function

This week I discovered an incredibly useful MDX function, the function is called Root.  Full documentation can be found here. In the past, I have encountered scenarios where I...

2014-01-05

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Blog Post

MDX Root Function

This week I discovered an incredibly useful MDX function, the function is called Root.  Full documentation can be found here. In the past, I have encountered scenarios where I...

2014-01-05

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Restoring On Top II

I have a database, DNRTest, that has a number of tables and other objects in it. The other day, I was trying to mock up a test and ran this code on the same server: 

-- run yesterday
CREATE DATABASE DNRTest2
GO
USE DNRTest2
GO
CREATE TABLE NewTable (id INT)
GO
Today, I realize that I need a copy of DNRTest for another mockup, and I run this: 
-- run today
USE Master
BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak'
GO
RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest2 FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACE
What happens?

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