Posted in SQL Server

Getting All Permissions for Server

We recently had to work out a way to fetch and display all effective permissions granted to our Production SQL Server. I had been required…

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SQL Server Audits and Action_IDs

We were recently re-doing our SQL Server Audits and I was reminded again how painful setting the filters can be. MS expects an integer for…

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Posted in Excel Powerpivot SQL Server SSAS

SSAS Tabular and Excel PowerPivot

I don’t know why it took so long before making the connection between PowerPivot models and SSAS Tabular models, but in the last couple of…

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Posted in MySQL SQL Server SSIS

SSIS, MySQL, and invalid Dates–Take #2

A while back I posted an article on handling dates in select statements from MySQL. The idea was that I wanted a quick way to…

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Posted in SQL Project SQL Server SSDT VSTS DB Pro

SSDT: Setting Different Permissions per Environment

One of the areas that SSDT doesn’t address adequately is permissions. Many users have different users, logins, and permissions set up across their environments, but…

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SSDT: Trick to Not Run Pre/Post SQL on Publish

We’ve run across the need to avoid running certain scripts when publishing a brand new copy of a database from a SQL or DB Project…

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SSDT, Publishing, and Referenced Databases

Had this catch me today in a series of databases that all work together. In order to resolve all of the cross-database dependencies, I’ve added…

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Posted in SQL Server

SQL Server: Problems with corrupt files or assemblies

Yesterday I found and fixed a bunch of hard drive issues. One of those issues resulted in my “Microsoft.AnalysisServices” assembly for SQL Server 2012 becoming…

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Posted in SQL Project SQL Server SSDT Version Control

SSDT: Tips, Tricks, and Gotchas

I wanted to add a short post to make sure I highlight some things that will trip people up or otherwise cause issues.   When…

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SSDT: SQL Project Snapshots

SSDT allows for snapshots to be taken of the project at any point. Just right-click the project name and select the option to “Snapshot Project”….

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