SSIS Denali Resolve References
One of the new features in SSIS Denali that I’m really excited about (Other than the ability to Undo ctrl-z)...
2010-11-15
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Devin Knight
SQL Rally Precon Vote Results
The votes have all been tabulated and during PASS this week the top pre conference seminars were announced for SQL Rally.Thankfully...
2010-11-12
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SQL Server 2011 (Denali) no DTS support
The end has come! We've been told for several years the vNext of SQL Server will no longer support DTS...
2010-11-11
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Date Dimension Using Computed Columns
Picked up this nice script from a client last week. Use this script below to create a Date Dimension for...
2010-11-08
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MDX - Color Formatting on All Measures at Once
In a post a while back I wrote about how you can create conditional color formatting on the Analysis Services...
2010-11-04
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SQL Rally Cast Your Vote!
Pre Conference seminar voting is up now. Go make it happen! Here's the description of our session:
Title:
Business Intelligence Workshop
Speaker:Patrick LeBlanc,...
2010-10-26
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SQL Rally Precon - We Need Your Vote!
Okay SQL Community, I need your help! Patrick Leblanc, Adam Jorgensen, Mike Davis and myself have submitted a precon for...
2010-10-23
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SQL Lunch #36 - Overview of Common DAX Expressions
Tuesday at 12:30 pm I will be presenting for SQL Lunch giving you an overview of some common DAX Expressions...
2010-10-22
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Issues With Calculating Current Age Using DateDiff (Rounding?)
Recently I inherited a set of SSIS packages that did a pretty simple calculation for age.It used the following expression,...
2010-10-09
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SSRS - Join Function
Often when designing a Reporting Services with parameters you
may be required to display those parameter values on your report.This is...
2010-10-08
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Blogs
A Wellbeing Day at Redgate
By Steve Jones
It’s a day off for Redgate today. This is our annual wellbeing day, where...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Training Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, March 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server 2025 Unleashed:...
What is ALM in Fabric?
By HeyMo0sh
As someone who’s worked with data for over 20 years and with many cloud...
Forums
A Quick Restore
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Guarding Against SQL Injection at the Database Layer (SQL Server)
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Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
Question of the Day
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