Two Digit Year Cutoff
I couldn't sleep this morning and decided to wake up and catch up on my email when I noticed a video link...
2010-12-15
1,671 reads
BrianKMcDonald
Group Level Page Numbering using Reporting Services 2008 R2
Using SQL Server Reporting Services, we have always had the ability to use the built in fields (the Globals collection)...
2010-12-14
18,149 reads
Adding Existing Reports to Reporting Services Solution
If you’re anything like me, you create a ton of objects and have them in various projects. And sometimes, you...
2010-12-13
544 reads
URL Based Images using SSRS
For header images, I typically embed an image into the report. However, there may be times when you need to...
2010-12-13
820 reads
Automating the Processing of a Measure Groups Index Using SSIS
In a recent post (Processing a Measure Groups Index Using SSMS), I showed you how to utilize SQL Server Management...
2010-12-07
1,016 reads
Processing a Measure Groups Index Using SSMS
As I had mentioned in a previous blog (Creating and processing an Analysis Services partition), instead of processing an entire...
2010-12-02
1,258 reads
SQL Server Magazine’s Favorite Go-To Websites for SQL Server Solutions
While flipping through this month’s SQL Server Magazine (December 2010), I came across what I thought was a very interesting...
2010-11-30
3,967 reads
SSIS Package Annotation in Denali
If you are anything like me, you document your SSIS packages for those who may have to maintain them after...
2010-11-30
3,770 reads
Column Based Indexing in Denali
Recently, I was asked to install Denali for a client because one of the employees attended PASS 2010 and had...
2010-11-24
926 reads
What’s New In Denali for SSRS
I was so excited when I found out that Denali was released last week. Like it was Christmas time, I...
2010-11-23
593 reads
Blogs
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
Forums
AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers