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  1. Using CROSS APPLY instead of a calculated variable

    Earlier this week I posted The many uses of CROSS APPLY and I’m quite glad I did. I’ve been working on a series of audit queries for the last couple of weeks and got thrown a bit of a curve today. The original specs included several comparisons against ...

  2. Cumulative Update – 11 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 Is Now Available !

    The 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available. Cumulative Update 11 contains all the hotfixes released since the initial release of SQL Server 2008 SP3. Those who are facing severe issues with their environment, they can plan to test CU11 in test environment ...

  3. MongoDB 2.4 Feature Demo and Q&A on Geo Capabilities

    Watch Webinar on Geo Capabilities of MongoDB http://dbfriend.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

  4. Connecting a service between Publishing and Consuming SharePoint 2010 farm

    Hello Friends,As discussed in my previous blog the new architecture of Service Application in 2010. Let’s today discuss about connecting two different farms: Connecting a service between Publishing and Consuming SharePoint farm There are some service applications which have the capability to Publish and which can be used ...

  5. Resolving Error Connecting Report Builder to a PowerPivot Data Source

    Recently I saw the following error while working with Report Builder in SharePoint 2013: “An error occurred while connecting to the data source. Only the text-based query designer will be available. The selected data extension DAX is not installed or cannot be loaded. Verify that the selected data extension is ...

  6. Security Questions: What permissions are required to create temporary tables?

    As I mentioned in the introductory post, in the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’s Training on the T’s, I received a large number of questions that there wasn’t time to answer. Instead of just a re-cap of all of the questions, instead I ...

  7. SQL Server Security Webcast Questions – Series Introduction

    Earlier this month, I presented an Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’s Training on the T’s. A video of the session is available at the Pragmatic Works website. As a part of that session, I received a couple dozen questions about security that we didn ...

  8. Consulting company: Perm/Salaried vs 1099/W2

    One of my pet peeves is seeing a top-notch BI architect/developer working as a salaried/perm employee of a consulting company where they are making a good salary but are being billed out to the client at a rate that is 3-4 times what they are making. Are they ...

  9. Your Community, Your Voice, Your Forum

    For me, one of the most rewarding things about blogging are the conversations we have together. The opportunity to connect, share and grow with passionate people from all over the world is a great privilege. I’ve met so many wonderful people through our community, learning something from each of ...

  10. The many uses of CROSS APPLY

    Over the last few years of studying SQL I’ve noticed 4 different uses for the command CROSS APPLY. In the first use I ever saw, and certainly the one I see the most commonly, CROSS APPLY is used to run a function for each row of the query. This ...

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