Earlier I wrote an article about the new lookup functions that ship with SQL Server 2008 R2.  Today I’m going to show you another new feature of SSRS 2008 R2, this time in the visualization department.  This feature is the Data Bar.  With this new component it’s fairly easy to make your tabular data a [...]
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Almost a year ago I wrote a small blog post to ask everyone to vote on a certain Connect item related to the linking of two datasets in a Reporting Services report.  At this moment there have been 87 positive votes on the request. Now that SQL Server 2008 R2 has been RTM’ed, it’s time to [...]
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As I have recently become a core-member of the Belgian SQLUG, you’re probably going to see a bit more spread-the-word posts about interesting events or other advantages, such as this one. The Belgian SQL Server User Group offers a significant 35% discount for its members (even more than the early-bird discount) for any PASS European Conference [...]
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Owkay, I’ve got a good one for you this time. And all it takes is checking a checkbox, just one checkbox! That’s the solution to a problem with which I’ve been struggling yesterday.  What problem?  Let me tell you. I’ve been installing Master Data Services (MDS) on my SQL Server 2008 R2.  This feature will not only create [...]
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For those who haven’t heard about SQL Server 2008 R2 yet, have a look at its home page: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/r2.aspx Download the August CTP to give it a go! After having had a look at the available documentation in the Books Online, which at this moment is pre-release obviously (R2 is planned for the first half of 2010), [...]
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