Here’s a cheeky move by Microstrategy: they’ve made the free version of their Reporting Suite work for Analysis Services. More details and a download link...

Another SQLBits – the fifth! – has come and gone, and I wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped to make it such a success. It was a three-day event for the first time this time, which meant that there was even more organisation work needed,...

Interesting news from PDC: Microsoft has announced two new services – Pinpoint and Dallas. You can find Pinpoint here: http://pinpoint.microsoft.com Here’s the blurb from the site: Pinpoint is the fast, easy way for business customers to find...

At long last, the SQLBits agenda has been published: http://www.sqlbits.com/information/newagenda.aspx It’s not too late to register, even though SQLBits is only next week. It’s looking like it will be the largest event yet in terms of...

Here’s something that I suspect a few people out there will be surprised I didn’t know – but as far as I’m concerned, if I didn’t know it then it’s worth blogging about. Anyway, it regards ragged hierarchies, the HideMemberIf property...