In this post I will show you how to overwrite sql server backup file rather than append (default action is append to backup media set) If you try below t-sql command to take full sql server database backup then you …
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Microsoft Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) also known as Microsoft Analytics Platform System (APS) is a special version of SQL Server designed to handle petabytes worth of data. It has very different architecture compared to traditional Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) System. Check below presentation …
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Many times we have to write recursive parent child query (Multiple levels of Parent-Child Links) in SQL Server. There are multiple approaches to achieve this Using Hierarchy ID builtin CLR datatype in SQL Server 2008 or higher (not ion sql server …
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How many time you had to t sql date format date specific way such as yyyymmdd ?? Many people don’t know hidden feature of builtin T-SQL CONVERT function . This function can not only convert data types but also change format of dates/numbers. …
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I just found this very useful free tool called BgInfo which generates dynamic background with very useful system information such as Service Pack, IP, Free Disk Space etc. This is Microsoft tool previously owned by SysInternals which is later acquired …
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Incase someone wants to learn how to create SSRS Groups which can expand collapse like below then check this video I embedded in this post. Highlight of this SSRS video tutorial– How to create SSRS Groups and nested SSRS Groups …
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Microsoft PDW (Parallel Data Warehouse) is a special version of SQL Server which is specifically design to scale for massive amount of data (upto several petabytes). PDW can not be downloaded like regular SQL server because it comes as pre-packaged …
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BI Vendor Comparison / Analysis by InformationWeek (2014 outlook) Looks like Microsoft is at the top spot for Planned BI Vendor list in 2014. This is the analysis done by InformationWeek however according to Gartner BI Vendor Analysis Tableau getting top …
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Recently I had an interesting situation. Consider below situation You want to connect to sql server as sysadmin but you are not added to sql server logins using windows authentication BUILTIN\Administrators group has been removed from SQL Server You have …
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I just had really odd SSRS access denied error during report deploy and cannot figure out. Bing help me to locate some clue but it was buried somewhere under long forum post. So I decided to create blog to save …