Iterate Over Web Pages Using Power Query
Power Query makes it easy to pull data from a web page. As easy as deflating a football. Poof. Gone. However,...
2015-08-10 (first published: 2015-08-05)
3,911 reads
Sam Vanga
Baltimore Crime Report Using Power BI
As part of my quest for using data to find answers to everyday questions using Power BI – after analyzing baby names...
2015-08-06 (first published: 2015-07-27)
3,185 reads
Community Reactions to Power BI General Availability
Power BI is released to the public on Friday, 07/24. There’re both free and Pro versions. For full details about...
2015-08-03 (first published: 2015-07-26)
2,000 reads
Include File Name in Content Using Power Query
When importing data from a flat file using Power Query, you’d want to combine multiple files and include file name...
2015-07-28 (first published: 2015-07-21)
27,165 reads
Automating SSIS Design Pattern: Load Flat File Into Staging Table
Delimited flat files are commonly used to move data from one system to the other.
In this two part series published...
2015-07-14
780 reads
Are People’s Food Habits Changing? A Power BI Analysis
A few years ago on road trips I’d happily grab whatever I can find to eat at service stations. That...
2015-07-14 (first published: 2015-07-07)
2,609 reads
I’m on WOxPod! Podcast
A few weeks ago, while at SQL Saturday Philadelphia, Chris Bell, SQL Server MVP and co-leader of PASS DC user group graciously...
2015-06-29
852 reads
Analyzing Baby Names using Power BI
Me and my wife are contemplating names for our first baby we’re expecting in a couple of months! We don’t...
2015-06-16
799 reads
Team-based Database Development: Playing Nice With Others
Here are the slides and links to awesome resources for my presentation, “Team-based Database Development: Playing Nice With Others”
If you...
2014-04-29
2,648 reads
Read Flat File Contents to Variable – Write Variable Value to Flat File
When working with SSIS, you’ll often find the need to read the contents of a flat file to a variable,...
2014-04-22 (first published: 2014-04-08)
7,575 reads
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Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
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Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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Multi-State Payroll Tax Issues 2026
Prepare for 2026 with this essential multi-state payroll tax issues 2026 webinar from Professionals...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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