The philosophy of unexplained..

BI, Data Access and Machine Learning

Thinking in Data…

I am writing this blog after a long time and many things have changed. I have travelled in data land...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 10/01/2014

Consuming SQL Server Data Service aka “Dallas” Service in SSIS

  Lets assume a scenario…You are a BI guy of your team and your company has just started...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 06/18/2010

Missing Byte Order Mark in Flat file generated with Flat File Connection Manager in SSIS

  I have recently worked on a problem where we come across a situation such as the following:...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 06/15/2010

Resolving 'Operating system error code 5' with BULK INSERT - A different perspective

PROBLEM DECRIPTION While executing a BULK INSERT command from a remote connection the following...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 02/16/2009

Horror of Closing Connections in Finalize()…

  Problem   Your ASP.NET Web-site times out during production with the following error:...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 09/04/2008

Latest SQL Injection of components

I just received two back to back cases on the SQL Injection attacks today. I found that attackers...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 06/25/2008

FileNotFoundException: File name: 'Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Reporting.Security'

Problem: You may not able to browse Reports after installing and uninstalling the MOM reporting. And...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 01/31/2008

Dynamically binding Report Viewer Control to un-typed datasets

    Solution Plan: 1. Drop a ReportViewerControl to your favorite web-form 2. Drop a new...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 01/23/2008

Creating and viewing a SQL Server 2005 Reports using a dynamic connection string

In this project we will try to make a report which can use a dynamic connection to a Northwind...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 11/30/2007

Error Code: 500 Internal Server Error. The request was rejected by the HTTP filter. Contact the server administrator. (12217)

Problem: You may see the following error while browsing the reports in SQL Server 2005 Reporting...

Author: Jay[MSFT] Date: 07/13/2007