Category: Tech and Learning

Live note-taking: Sean’s NCC-1701-DBA part 2

Note that THIS talk, and a ton more, is the subject of Sean’s  precon at SQL Saturday #163 Dallas this fall. We can’t really livecast Sean’s session, so I’ll live note-take. Tonight’s session is on being able to answer questions before they’re asked. Intro Right now we’re talking about estimating  database growth. There can be […]

SQL Server 2012 CU2 – Have a little fun (#AppliedSQL)

SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Update (CU) 2 is out! If you’re like Me-from-10-years-ago, you couldn’t care less! But there are actually some good reasons for paying attention to new CUs.  For example: it’s one good way to get to know the new version of SQL Server: play with the bugs before you install the updates! (You […]

SSRS Tip: Hide a tablix if no rows returned

I have a tablix in an SSRS report, populated by a query that might or might not return any rows.  What I want to do is make that tablix invisible if there are no rows returned. First off, to set conditional visibility.  Right-click the tablix and select Properties.  Click Visibility. Select Show or hide based […]