May 2010 - Posts

• DTLoggedExec 1.0 Stable Released!

  After serveral years of development I’ve finally released the first non-beta version of DTLoggedExec ! I’m now very confident that the product is stable and solid and has all the feature that are important to have (at least for me). DTLoggedExec 1.0 http://dtloggedexec.codeplex.com/releases/view/44689 Read More... Posted Sunday, May 09, 2010 11:51 AM by Davide Mauri | 0 Comments Filed under: 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, DTLoggedExec, Integration Services, Logging, SSIS

• SQL Server 2008 R2 Installation and the Phantom of SQL Server 2005 Express

  Today I’ve happy started to install SQL Server 2008R2 on my development machine, which has this software installed Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU5 Visual Studio 2008 SP1 BOL October 2009 AdventuresWorks2008 Databases SR4 Visual Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:44 AM by Davide Mauri | 9 Comments Filed under: 2008 R2, Install, SQL Server

• Excel 2010 & SSAS – Search Dimension Members

  Today I’ve connected my Excel 2010 to an Analysis Services 2008 Cube and I got a very nice (and unexpected) surprise! It’s now finally possible to search and filter Dimension Members directly from the combo box window: As you can easily imagine, for medium/big Read More... Posted Monday, May 03, 2010 12:56 PM by Davide Mauri | 0 Comments

• Master Data Services Employees Sample Model

  I’ve been playing with Master Data Services quite a lot in those last days and I’m also monitoring the web for all available resources on it. Today I’ve found this freshly released sample available on MSDN Code Gallery: SQL Server Master Data Services Read More... Posted Monday, May 03, 2010 12:17 PM by Davide Mauri | 0 Comments Filed under: 2008 R2, Master Data Management, Master Data Services, MDM, MDS, SQL Server