Creating Your First SSAS 2012 Tabular Project
No matter how simple it is, new things come with some confusion; at least until you get used to it....
2012-02-21
4,556 reads
Sam Vanga
Be careful with two digit years
I recently had a scary conversation with a user, which can be broken down to:
User: Why would the data have...
2012-02-14
750 reads
LAST_VALUE() Analytic Function–SQL Server 2012
Earlier, i discussed FIRST_VALUE() function. FIRST_VALUE() returns the first value from an ordered set of records. Similarly LAST_VALUE() returns the last...
2012-02-07
2,698 reads
Data Labels, Axis Interval, Rotate Label Text: SSRS Nugget
Charts present summary data in a visually appealing format. Following is a chart for sales over month:
Before
I frequently use a few...
2012-02-01 (first published: 2012-01-31)
7,692 reads
Read contents of a file to variable – SSIS
Sometimes you will find the need to import a file to a variable using SSIS. In this post, I’ll use Script...
2012-01-24
1,836 reads
#meme15 – Use. Twitter. Why?
Should an average Jane or Joe professional use twitter?
Yes.
Why?
Because, I’m using it.
Not enough reasons? <grumpy face> I knew you wouldn’t...
2012-01-16
667 reads
FIRST_VALUE() Analytic Function–SQL Server 2012
Given a customer table:
CREATE TABLE Customers
(CustId INT, OrderDate DATE, OrderAmount MONEY) ;
INSERT Customers VALUES
(1, ’2011-12-03', 12500)
, (1, ’2011-10-07', 15000)
, (1,...
2012-01-10
835 reads
Management Studio Split Tabs
This is by far the simplest and silliest post ever, but i just figured how to create vertical tabs in...
2012-01-05 (first published: 2012-01-03)
3,082 reads
Why doesn’t my gauge show correct values?
Here is an issue I encountered recently while using gauge in reporting services.
There are three gauges in the report one...
2011-12-27
1,015 reads
Full Load. Incremental Load. Whaaat?
Back when i was in school, me and a bunch of friends used to hangout at a diner. The diner was...
2011-12-20
6,615 reads
Blogs
How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
Forums
Announcing SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Announcing SQL Server 2025
Running Steve's Code
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Running Steve's Code
New SQL Server 2022 Functions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item New SQL Server 2022 Functions
Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers