Custom Report Items (When You Are Too Sexy For Standard Report Items)
One of the most exciting (but not well known and documented) extensibility areas of SSRS 2005 is custom report items (CRI). As its name suggests, custom report items allow you […]
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SQL Server 2005 Samples and Sample Databases April 2006 Refresh
Download the April 2006 refresh of the SQL Server 2005 samples and databases.
SQL Server 2005 SP1 Released
SQL Server 2005 SP1 was released yesterday. Kudos to Microsoft for releasing SP1 on time! As the conventional wisdom goes, one should postpone deployment of production applications until the first […]
SQL Server 2005 SP1 Due in a Couple Weeks
Microsoft is planning to ship the SP1 version of SQL Server 2005 by the end of the month, according to an April 6 letter that Microsoft senior vice president Paul […]
Microsoft to Acquire ProClarity
It looks like the OLAP browser I’ve been dreaming about may not that be that far away. I hope that ProClarity will make make their browser more modular so it […]
Implementing Data Security in a Report Model
Bob Meyers (the mastermind behind the RS 2005 Report Builder) tells us how to implement horizontal data filtering in the Report Builder model – a topic which is not covered by the […]
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 CTP Available
Microsoft has released a Community Techology Preview (CTP) build of SQL Server 2005 SP1. The release date of the final (RTM) bits of SP1 is not announced yet but it shouldn’t be […]
Public CTP of SQL Server Express To Be Available Soon
Today, Microsoft announced that SQL Server Express Advanced will be available publicly instead of distributed as a private beta. The CTP (Community Technology Preview) build could be downloaded here (link will be live […]
Prologika Forums to be Upgraded Tonight
Telligent has done it again! Community Server 2.0 is out and it’s too sleek to ignore. I am planning to upgrade Prologika Forums to CS 2.0 tonight. If all is […]
Phantom Data Extensions
There are two “shy” data extensions that come with RS 2005 but you won’t see when you create a data source. The first one (SSIS data extension) enables interesting integration […]
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