Jun 3, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Microsoft, SQL Server
By: Paul Schuliger Over a year ago I wrote an article that discussed using the SQL Window Function ROW_NUMBER() to set up a sort order within each layer of a hierarchy, and then showed how to use that information in Power BI. I recently found...
Mar 22, 2019 | Consulting, Microsoft, SQL Server, Tech Tips, Technical Information
By: Jason E. Bacani Introduction When working with SQL Server Agent, one of the many useful features is the ability to schedule SQL Agent Jobs. The frequency and scheduling of such jobs can be as fancy and as specific as needed, and can be coordinated with...
Mar 15, 2019 | Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, SQL Server, Tech Tips, Technical Information
By: Andy Kim Introduction If you ask a SQL professional to name some data types, you might hear: varchar, int, datetime, decimal, or something to that effect. Rarely do people mention the spatial data types of: geography and geometry. This is because most SQL...
Nov 27, 2018 | Big Data, Business Intelligence, Microsoft, SQL Server, Tech Tips, Technical Information
By: Jeff Levy SQL Server 2019 – Key Features At the 2018 Pass Summit conference in Seattle, I had the opportunity to attend many sessions about the new Big Data features being introduced in SQL Server 2019. One of Microsoft’s biggest announcements...
Nov 12, 2018 | SQL Server
By: Mason Prewett This article is Part 2 of our previous Key2 article, How to Execute and Store Transact-SQL (T-SQL) Query Results in a PowerShell Array. In this article, I will cover: Getting a SQL Server result set from a stored procedure The stored procedure has a...
