I am pretty serious about this one, not because I believe in UFOs or any other extra-terrestrial theory but because as a DBA who implements Business Intelligence solutions for companies it’s hard to ignore the facts. Business Intelligence systems are all about identifying patterns and sets within existing data. When performing data mining we split…
Month: September 2014
Row level permissions in SQL Server
We all know that SQL allows object level permissions down till the table, some of even know that it allows permissions at the column level too. But recently I was asked how to implement row level security at the table instead of column level security. In order to answer this I need to first explain…
Metrics vs Mass appeal? What companies probably don’t yet understand.
I wanted to ask a question today instead of blogging about a topic. To be honest I don’t know the answer to this question and that is why it is the topic for today. So the question is When is the colour blue, blue? Is it when the wavelength of light is between 450–495 nm? Or…
CHN SQL Azure 17th -19th
Just finished an action packed MSBI training in HYD and now on a quick break before heading to Chennai for SQL Azure training. Can’t wait to meet and discus the pros and cons of SQL Azure.
When it’s an Emergency, what do you do ?
I recently needed to send a courier on a very urgent basis to a friend of mine and was stuck on how to do it. Time was critical and it was a Saturday evening. I went to a number of courier services such as DTDC and BLUE DART but was informed that the pickups for…