Sometimes when we create reports we define the sort order of the data within the report itself. This allows the user to pick and choose data based on […]
SSRS Reports not rendering beyond 90 seconds
Today I came across an interesting problem with SSRS and ASP.Net. I usually have all my reports optimized to run quickly, this includes creating snapshots revisiting indexes etc. […]
Displaying a report in Landscape mode when exporting to PDF
Often the report doesn’t fit within the boundaries of the page and these results in part of a tale being moved to the next page. When you want […]
Drill through Reports
In the below report we are fetching the column that are present within a particular table by Entering the table name as an Input parameter. This works fine […]
SQL Server Replication Series: – Server is not configured as a distributor.
When setting up a distribution database using the wizard, if you select the second radio button from the below screen you need to already have configured the distribution […]
SQL Server Replication Series: – Configuring the distributor
In this blog we will look at how to configure the distribution database for SQL Server replication. The distribution database is a very important database in replication as […]
SQL Server Replication Series: – Removing Replication
Most times we do not remove replication from a server once it’s been setup but there are occasional scenarios where it may be required. E.g. when decommissioning a […]
Key columns and the clustered index
I was recently asked if there was any importance of the primary key clustered index in terms of performance. While the answer is obvious I wanted to explore […]
Learning SQL – The column
In this blog I am trying to put the things together a very basic level tutorial on understanding databases and more specifically how to implement one in MS […]
Generate Create and insert scripts for database objects from within SSMS
In this post we explore the option within SSMS which allows the DBA and developer to generate scripts for all data and database objects within SQL Server Database. […]