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  • RE: Double Up During Trips

    Combine Insert and Select into one call?? But of course - all the time. It's nothing new.

    We've been doing that in ASP.NET ever since 2005 when we started working with...

  • RE: Allow users to access my local instance

    I would get a windows group created with these users in it and then give that group read only permissions on the cube. I give the cube permissions via management...

  • RE: The Geek Costume

    A regular theme for fancy dress night at sailing national championships is to dress as the name of your boat. If we ever go I plan to dress as Sir...

  • RE: Copy SSRS reports from Dev to Stage to Prod.

    It's so automatic that I had to think hard as to whether I'm mis-reading something in your post, but this is what we do to deploy reports.

    We set up project...

  • RE: SSIS 2008 Newbie needs a nod in the right direction.

    Have a look at the TableDiff utility which comes with SQL Server - C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\COM\tablediff.exe is where mine is located.

    You'll probably have to Google for the instructions but...

  • RE: What's a Toaster?

    Notepad++ and MS Office at work. At home it's Miicrosoft's OneNote using OneDrive to sync seamlessly between desktop, laptop and windows phone. I can scan or find on the web...

  • RE: Back again with more stored procedure troubles

    katland226 you might hate stored procedures now and I hope one day you will understand them and favour them in your development as I do, but I also hope you...

  • RE: Get database size, used space, free space

    Many people don't realise that you can just open up management studio (sql server 2008 onwards), select your server, select databases and right click the column headings to choose which...

  • RE: ETL design question

    I see only "JOIN" so that's INNER JOINs on all your tables i.e. if one is missing a record then nothing returns for that whole output row.

    I would use...

  • RE: Conversion of varchar to datetime

    convert(datetime, substring(replace(MANUFACTURED_DATE,'/',''),5,2) +

    substring(replace(MANUFACTURED_DATE,'/',''),3,2) + substring(replace(MANUFACTURED_DATE,'/',''),1,2),112)

    That's just so unnecessary - read the Books online entry for convert. (tip: highlight the word convert in your query in management studio and press...

  • RE: Newbie - Data Source Issue

    Ah, you need to learn the tool controls. It's an "easy when you know how" thing.

    Above those three in the report data window is a New dropdown.

    Choose new datasource....

  • RE: db created in sql server 2005 to Attach in sql server 2008?

    why not just back it up on 2005 and restore it on 2008?

    create any sql logins on the 2008 server and relink the orphaned users

    and while you're at it...

  • RE: The Final Service Packs

    crussell-931424 (10/2/2014)


    Hearing the word Final makes me realize how far behind I really am.

    We're still trying to UPgrade databases onto SQL Server 2008!

  • RE: No Compelling Reason

    We're still concentrating on getting everything up to 2008 and consolidating servers onto windows 2008R2 with plenty of virtualisation.

    I don't think 2014 has had UK government security sign off...

  • RE: Avoiding Cursors

    I've rewritten some of our report writers' cursor queries lately, mainly thanks to going on Itzik Ben-Gan's Advanced T-SQL course last year and reading his Inside SQL Server 2008 T-SQL...

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