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My First Microsoft Connect Item
I finally feel like a real SQL Server professional! I’ve submitted my first Connect feedback to Microsoft for a new feature of SQL Server: BOL for mobile devices. This is a dream I’ve had since I first got my grubby little paws on my iPhone. Every day since ...
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SQL Server 2008 CU4 and SP1
As I mentioned the other day, SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 was released. About a month before that, though, SQL Server 2008 Cumulative Update 4 was released. Are you wondering on this sunny Saturday morning how these related to each other? If so, have no fear, the CSS engineers ...
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Next Tuesday April PASSMN Meeting (04/21/2009)
Don’t forget this coming Tuesday is the next PASSMN (Minnesota SQL Server User Group) meeting. We are meeting a little later than usual because of a room conflict. Instead of starting the meeting at 2:30 PM we are meeting at 4:30 PM. We have two sessions for ...
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Using Offline OLAP to Develop Cube Reports Without SSAS
One feature of Excel 2007 that I think is really cool, and also a little hidden, is the “Offline OLAP” feature. If you insert a pivot table connected to an OLAP cube into Excel 2007, and go to the PivotTable Options Ribbon Menu, You will see the “OLAP Tools” Button ...
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SQL Server Management Studio and Excel – Column Headings on Copy/Paste
Here is a tip about a setting that I think should be on by default, but it isn’t. How many times are you writing T-SQL in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and you need to just copy the results out, paste to Excel and either do more analysis or ...
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