The SSRS option can be a useful & less complex option if there is a lot of formatting to apply.

Another option to consider if the requirement relates to formatting based...

Same issue (5 MORE years on!) sysjobhistory does not appear to ever contain any rows with run_status 4 (in progress), despite the documentation... (checked on SQL2014 & SQL2017). Even tried...

I'd like to share your optimism for the CU release model, however so far we have had a couple of not so good experiences in this space with SQL Server...

Warning: You will need to be careful with any sub-reports that are defined and deployed - sub-reports do NOT appear in the execution log when the "parent" report is executed...

The unfortunate answer to this question has always bugged me. - It just doesn't make sense that ALTER COLUMN is not allowed on a computed column...

The DROP COLUMN + ADD...

The inability to put inline comments in to describe the purpose of table columns I don't have a problem with - such metadata IMO should instead be directly attached to...

A couple of my "BIDS vs. Report Builder 3.0" thoughts:

Report Builder 3.0 coupled with some well designed Analysis Services cubes and/or Report Models provides a good, intuitive report design experience...

Reporting Services Web-Farm / scale-out.

This is one key feature missing from Standard Edition that I find incomprehensible as to why it is not included at this level. Here's why:

Scenario:

- I...

Umm - there are TWO correct answers listed for this question (as described in the explanation), but only ONE can be selected. i.e.:

- Inserts into Table Variables are not logged

-...

I guess the 1st question is "Do you really need to know if IDENTITY_INSERT is enabled on a table, or do you want to find out which table in the...