T-SQL Tuesday: A Day in the Life of a BI Developer
My name is Jennifer and I am a Business Intelligence developer at Trek Bicycles. I’ve been a BI developer for...
2012-07-17
643 reads
Salvo(z) SQL
MDX ClosingPeriod and PeriodsToDate
I’ve decided that the best way to spend a day of 104 degree weather is to sit inside and write...
2012-07-07
1,277 reads
MDX ‘Is’ Operator
I recently encountered a business scenario involving calculated members in a cube that I thought is worth sharing.
We have a...
2012-07-04
824 reads
SSAS: Duplicate Attribute Key Error
One type of error that arises occasionally during SSAS cube processing is the ‘duplicate attribute key’ error. The error message...
2012-05-07
1,341 reads
SSAS: Processing Cube Dimensions and Measures in SSMS
My co-worker showed me an easy way to process all SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)cube dimensions (or measures) from the...
2012-04-02
4,340 reads
SSIS: Script Component Asynchronous Transformation
The SSIS script component can be configured to use synchronous or asynchronous outputs. If the script component is configured for...
2012-03-20
8,130 reads
SSAS: Currency Conversion in MDX Script
In my prior blog post, I provided some details regarding currency conversion via measure expressions in SSAS. I recently attempted...
2012-02-09
1,004 reads
SSAS: Currency Conversion Using Measure Expressions
Currency conversions can be implemented several ways as part of a business intelligence solution. In some scenarios it may be...
2012-02-01
5,120 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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