belle's sql musings

Free Software and Books for Unemployed Developers (thanks to Microsoft MVPs!)

belle — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:10:22 +0000

Arnie Rowland just sent me an email informing me about this great give-back-to-the-community initiative. Many MVPs, including Arnie Rowland, Denny Cherry, Bill Graziano, Bill Simser, Paul Turley (whose sessions I attended last SQLPASS 2009) Here is a quote from Arnie’s blog post : “We are inviting unemployed or underemployed developers to propose a software project for a [...]

xkcd and Penny Arcade fixes for the day

belle — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:19:16 +0000

Had a very long week, but nothing like some humor to end the week on a high note penny arcade – girls dig RAM by the way, the bigger girl geeks dig the Apple iPad and the macbook pros sudo xkcd – regex this one’s for ya, @GFritchey – (ScaryDBA) No related posts.

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SSRS Tidbits – Common Tips, Tricks, Debugging and Other References (Part 1)

belle — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:15:44 +0000

.ssrstip { background-color:#FFFEEB; display:block; border:1px solid #E6DB55; } Just wanted to share some common “tips” or “tricks” I find myself using over and over again when creating reports. I think I’ve had this draft for a while, and just never was able to publish it because things got so busy. Anyway, I will [...]

Programmatically and Selectively Revoke SharePoint Item Level Permissions Using PowerShell

belle — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:39:19 +0000

Just blogged on the Black Ninja Site: Programmatically and Selectively Revoke SharePoint Item Level Permissions Using PowerShell Related posts:BlackNinja Posts: Invoking Javascript and Impersonating Users in SharePoint ...Creating Reports From SharePoint Lists Using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) ...DEVTEACH/VANTUG 2007 – Sharepoint Integration Presentation Materials ...Branding – Sharepoint 2007 – CSS Reference ...

SQLSaturday #43 (Redmond) – SQL Server Reporting and SQLServer/PowerShell

belle — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:04:21 +0000

I would like to say a huge and warm thank you to all who attended my sessions for SQLSaturday#43 in Redmond. It was such a great event, and I hope you enjoyed the sessions – and enjoyed the whole day with all the wonderful speakers. As promised here are the files for my sessions: Morning Session : [...]

SQL Server 2008 R2 (SSRS) Free Ebook, Training Kit Out

belle — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:35:02 +0000

Ebook Free ebook from Microsoft Press: Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 Download from: http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2010/04/14/free-ebook-introducing-microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2.aspx Training Kit New updated version of SQL Server 2008 R2 Training Kit is out, and is full of awesome SSRS goodies (hands on labs, tutorials, presentations, and videos). Download from: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fffaad6a-0153-4d41-b289-a3ed1d637c0d Related posts:Free SQL Server Video Training + Podcasts ...Have You Downloaded the Free MS Press SQL Server 2008 [...]

SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Book Shelf

belle — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:46:53 +0000

These two books are great, and they almost never leave my desk. I’ve been reading them nonstop. Prologika Press. Applied Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services by Teo Lachev Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Recipes: for Designing Expert Reports by Paul Turley and Robert M. Bruckner Related posts:Creating Reports From SharePoint Lists Using SQL Server Reporting Services [...]

Exploring SSRS 2008 R2 Report Builder 3.0 – Report Parts

belle — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:05:00 +0000

Report Parts : New in SSRS 2008 R2 There is a good preliminary documentation on building Report Parts in MSDN: Publishing Report Parts in Report Builder 3.0 – http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee633670%28v=SQL.105%29.aspx The Good As per the MSDN documentation, it’s good to know that the following items can now be “reused” across different reports: • Charts • Gauges • Images • Maps • Parameters • Rectangles • Tables • Matrices • Lists The Not-So-Good-Yet It seems very limiting to me, [...]