Monthly Archives: February 2014

Standard Deviations with CTE in SQL

Posted on February 24, 2014 by MikeDavisSQL

I was working with a client recently getting the number of standard deviations a student was off the average number of suspensions. I accomplished this with two Common Table Expressions, (CTE). The first CTE gets the standard deviation and the … Continue reading →

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SSRS Report Models no Primary Keys

Posted on February 17, 2014 by MikeDavisSQL

When creating report models you might run into bad database designs where the tables have no foreign keys and/or no primary keys. This can be resolved in the report model DSV. I have created two tables, one with first names, … Continue reading →

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SSRS – Creating Drill Through reports with MDX

Posted on February 10, 2014 by MikeDavisSQL

If you are reporting from a Cube in SSRS and you want to drill through to another report you can set up actions just like any other drill through except one small change. The parameter you pass to the drill … Continue reading →

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SSIS – Using Kill with SP_Who to Break locks

Posted on February 3, 2014 by MikeDavisSQL

The dreaded table lock can occur and cause your SSIS packages to fail. A popular request I receive asks “How can I get rid of these table locks?” This blog will show you how to build a package that will … Continue reading →

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