If you haven’t attended a SQLLunch, I suggest that you put this upcoming lunch on your schedule. Brad McGehee, SQL Server MVP, will be presenting an Introduction to Graphical Execution Plans. Brad has over 15 years of SQL Server Experience and over 6 years of training. Add To Outlook: Add To Calendar Date and Time: 2/25/2010 11:30:00 AM CST Topic: Introduction to Graphical Execution Plans Topic: #11-Introduction to Graphical Execution Plans One of the black arts of being a DBA is learning how to...
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During a recent client engagement I was asked if there was a quick way to add a row containing totals for each corresponding column in the details row from a Tablix item. The tablix contained about 18 columns, and the person was entering an expression that would sum the value of the field in the corresponding detail rows. Fortunately, SSRS 2008 provides a very simple method that will perform this task. Assuming that you have a report that contains a Tablix item you can perform the following step...
Are you new to SQL Server? Do you want to learn about its many features and capabilities? If so, please join me and many other SQL professionals for a series of SQL Server 101 webinars next week. In my session, Beginning T-SQL (Monday, February 22, 2010 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST), you will learn the basics of T-SQL, including SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and simple to complex JOIN statements. To register for my session and many other sessions go to the February Webinars section on the Pragmatic Works web...
Recently a client requested to create a Reporting Services expression that emulated the CASE WHEN statement from T-SQL. The expression would use the selected parameter value to dynamically set the Go to report value of an Action under the properties of a textbox. In other words, if a user chose a parameter value of Report1 the go to report value would be set to Report1, if the user chose Report2 value would be set to Report2, so on and so forth. I looked at several varying expression methods to ...
I have been installing and configuring SSRS since the initial release. I have always encountered several different caveats when upgrading to a newer version or adding a new server to a scale-out deployment. In some cases there have been consistencies, but in many these differences vary. These variances may have been attributed to the different installations and configurations. One for example is disabling loop back check. I have upgraded several SSRS 2005 instances to SSRS 2008 in the past coupl...
On March 4 th Microsoft will be hosting two half-day events in Baton Rouge, LA. These free live learning sessions will explore the latest technologies that you can apply immediately. Join your local event team and get the inside track on new technologies for IT professionals and take a tour of the latest .Net development tools. Topics Include: · The Next Wave: Windows Azure · What’s new in Visual Studio 201 · Hyper V: Tools to build the Ultimate Virtual Test Network · What’s new in .Net Framewor...
In most environments new data is added to the data warehouse daily, weekly or even monthly. Even further, these changes typically occur during the ETL process. This means that most of the activity is read only. As a result, you may be able to set your warehouse database to READ_ONLY. When you set your database to read only SQL Server does not bother to acquire any locks, meaning that your SELECT statements should never be in conflict with any other activity. Therefore, you should get better perf...