After creating a report in SSRS you may not have data for every day. When this happens the report just shows as blank. For the End User, does that mean the report is broken or is there just no data for that day?
SSIS ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement calling Oracle Procedure
Calling an Oracle stored procedure in SSIS is a little different than calling a SQL Server version. Today I will show you the error you get if trying the SQL Server syntax and how to fix it.
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SSISDBBackup.bak could not be accessed
If you try and create an Integration Services Catalog and you receive the error SSISDBBackup.bak could not be accessed, it could be because you do not have Integration Services installed on your SQL Server instance.
SSRS…How to bold part of an expression
Can you bold part of an expression in your SSRS report? YES! By using placeholders and some HTML tags you can.
Create Alerts for Availability Groups
Now that you have your SQL Server Availability Groups up and running, how do you know if there is a problem? You can always look at the AG Dashboard, or even better you can set up database alerts to send you an email or page you in case of certain problems.
Add a Database to an Availability Group
You have additional databases that you want to add to your already created Availability Group, what do you do? Follow these directions, and you will have them added in no time.
Patching SQL Server Availability Group Servers
Now that you have an Availability Group setup, what can you do with it? Well, now you can patch your servers with almost zero downtime by doing rolling upgrades. For our 24*7 economy, downtime can be very expensive in lost sales, people not being able to work, etc. I am going to walk you through the process of installing Windows Updates on my three server cluster.
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