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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Case Sensitive SQL Statements

Josh,

So, you have a column with some upper case and lower case values.  By default, SQL Server treats upper case and lower case the same.  The case sensitivity can be set at the Server, Database, or Column level as well as on a query by query basis...

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

SSAS Sorting Attribute Member by Secondary Attribute

Josh,

So you have an attribute like Month that contains values of "January", "February", etc.  By default this attribute will sort by text order, but this can be changed to sort off another attribute (i.e. Month Value).

Monday, November 17, 2014

SSRS Embedded Images Best Practices

Josh,

So you want to use some images in an SSRS report, keep these tips in mind to ensure they look great!

Monday, November 3, 2014

SSRS Display Zero for Nulls

Josh,

So you have a report where there are null values in some of the text boxes.  To display zero instead, use this handy expression.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

SSRS Alternating Row Colors in Matrix

Josh,

So you've added a Matrix in SSRS and want to have alternating row colors.  You've found the RunningValue function useful, but when there isn't data in some of the columns, the alternating colors start getting wacky:

Here's what you did to get the row colors looking right...