Author Archives: Bob L

After a long and painful process, I have finally achieved this.   Was it worth it, would I do it again?  Absolutely.  But please don’t call me Master Bob, Microsoft Bob is fine… I am doing quite a bit more work … Continue reading →

I apologize as I notice there are some inquiries related to code posted.  I should probably set expectations about this, as I am not the typical Microsoft employee with a MSDN blog.  Most of the other folks with MSDN blogs … Continue reading →

This weekend I played with partitioning.  I have a table with about 10 million rows spanning the last 6 years of stock history for AMEX, NYSE, Indexes, and NASDAQ.   I partitioned each year into a separate filegroup so that should … Continue reading →

With SQL Server 2008, Microsoft re-architected SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to no longer have an IIS dependency.  It now relies directly on HTTP.SYS and handles web protocols independently.   This is a good thing, in a lot of respects (see … Continue reading →

If you’ve been following my blog, you may remember an article I did extolling the virtues of indexed views – http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoftbob/archive/2009/05/13/sql-data-warehousing-tip-2-indexed-views.aspx.  I stand behind that and have found this feature extremely useful.  In fact in my last post the 11 … Continue reading →

Some of you are all set to flame me just because of my title. I know because a couple of years back, I would have probably been one of the first to say “NO!”, when anybody started talking about query … Continue reading →

While we’re on the topic of .NET coding, here’s another technique.  If you thought my last post was short, here’s an even shorter one… Ever wanted to make sure you returned an error message with all of the inner exceptions?  … Continue reading →

Time for a break from SQL stuff for a little .NET.  Have you ever wanted to use the integer value of an ENUM instead of the actual Enum Value?  For example, here is an enum I created to map datetime … Continue reading →

I confess  lack of depth in SQL Analysis Services (SSAS).  I’ve read quite a bit about the capabilities including data mining, and played with a couple of the wizards, but just haven’t had time to immerse deeply into end-to-end scenarios.  … Continue reading →

As part of my research work, I generate thousands of simulations on an almost daily basis for various scenarios.  One of my scenarios involves determining strategies for selecting the most profitable short and long stock entry/exit positions.  Calculating this involves … Continue reading →