Alternating Group Colors
Formatting reports can be a fun process. I personally look at myself as a Monet or Picasso when creating my...
2010-06-02
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BrianKMcDonald
Flipping a Table Sideways
Not too often, someone asks for a strange request like wanting to pivot on every single value inside a table....
2010-05-28
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Using PATINDEX to Split Column Data
A colleague of mine received an Excel file that he needed to load into a table for future lookup values....
2010-05-20
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Using the Report Items Collection in Reporting Services
Using the Report Items Collection in Reporting Services
Sometimes, you may want to do calculations or use some value that has...
2010-05-12
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SSRS - Time Saver using Templates
Creating a Reporting Services Template
Many companies like to have a consistent look and feel across their applications. Some even make...
2010-05-12
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Running Totals Using Reporting Services
Sometimes one may need to see a running number that represents a quantity for a period of time. For example,...
2010-05-12
1,458 reads
SQL Saturday 38 Presentation
This past weekend was SQL Saturday 38 in Jacksonville Florida. It was a great event and the turnout was incredible....
2010-05-12
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Time Matters: Part 1
If you’re anything like me, you value every second of your day and you constantly try to find new ways...
2010-05-10
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Introduction to SSRS 2008 and SQL Saturday 38
In a few short weeks, another great event is coming to Jacksonville Florida at the UNF campus. There are many...
2010-04-26
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
Quite the title, so let me set the stage first. You have an Azure...
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A Quick Restore
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A Quick Restore
While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers