I am probably going to start a war with this one but I need to set the record straight. Often in my trainings I have a mix of […]
User based security in SSAS
Recently a trainee from one of my MSBI trainings contacted me about how to implement user based security in SSAS. This is a common requirement where companies want […]
Game Theory and Databases
CASE 1 Two members of a criminal gang are arrested and imprisoned. Each prisoner is in solitary confinement with no means of speaking to or exchanging messages with […]
Cell level encryption
Encrypting data at the cell level is important in order to protect information within the database. While all users have access to view data not all users are […]
administration / MSSQL / TSQL
sys.dm_exec_describe_first_result_set()
This DMV is probably one of the most useful DMVs for developers and Business intelligence users since it describes the data type and other columnar information of the […]
sys.dm_db_log_space_usage
Another DMV that is available in SQL server 2012 is the sys.dm_db_log_space_usage DMV, this DMV is useful when trying to decide the current state of the Log file. […]
sys.dm_server_memory_dumps
Memory dumps are a copy of what lies in the RAM during a particular scenario such as a crash or even a manual Dump. Memory dumps are useful […]
sys.dm_os_windows_info
A minor DMV with SQL Server this particular one doesn’t really provide much information about the OS other than the version and service pack level. It is nowhere […]
sys.Dm_db_database_page_allocations()
This new DMV is basically a modified version of the DBCC IND command that is used to display the page allocations for a specific database object like a […]
Business Intelligence on a Phone Bill
I often tell my trainees that BI can be done on pretty much anything. A common example of this is the Phone Bill or the Bank statement. Your […]