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26
August

How Do I?

A client asked how does one create and use a custom designed report template in SQL Server Reporting Services 2005?

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11
August

SQL Server Reporting Services Divide by Zero Issue

A client of mine emailed a report, designed in SQL Server Reporting Services 2005, that when compiled produced a "Divide by Zero" error message. Here is a solution to this problem.

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03
August

How Do I?

A client recently asked me "How do I create an SQL statement that lists all the products that have not generated any sales, that can be used with either Crystal Reports or SQL Server Reporting Services?"

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21
July

How Do I?

Recently a client asked how do I change the default colours of the SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 chart palette?

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07
July

How Do I?

A client has just asked me how does one format a datetime field in SQL to display the date in the format dd/mm/yyyy?

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11
May

Comments, Comments, Comments

I am currently working on a project designing a suite of reports for a new client, using SQL Reporting Services. Obviously over time the number of reports will increase, and it is so easy to forget why the report was designed in the first place.

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24
April

Effective Report Planning

Before designing reports there are a number of things that must be considered first. This post covers some of the factors, that report designers need to consider.

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13
April

How Do I?

I was contacted by a client, using SQL Server Report Builder 2008, enquirying how does one add multiple sorts to a Tablix object?

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31
March

The MOD function

Designers can use this function to create a banded report, to make list reports easier to read.

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