David Stein

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I Wish my SQL Server was Slower

I know that the title of this article may sound ridiculous, but hear me out. My current employer purchases higher-end servers than most companies of the same size. Our IT Lead believes in overbuilding servers so that there is room for future expansion. “So where is the problem?” is probably the question [...]

Work in Process (RPWIP) and Inventory Evaluation (RPIVAL) Reports

As I have time I will share the SQL queries derived from the more popular Made2Manage reports. After you have the SQL query, you can display it with any program you want such as Crystal Reports, ODBC Spreadsheets, or SQL Server Reporting Services.

Use the queries with caution and make sure that you always test [...]

Exporting Memo Fields to Excel. Received Goods (RPREGO)

One of my users came to me with a problem last week, and it’s fairly common. They run a M2M Report that has the data they want, but when they export it, some of the data is missing.

This can happen for a couple of reasons. Tables can be added to a report layout [...]

Anybody using Version 5.6 with SQL 2008?

Yes, I know I eluded to this in an article several months ago, but I’m hoping one of my readers is already using this in production. I’m going to be testing this extensively for the next week to determine whether we can migrate to it.

So, are any of you using Version 5.6 [...]

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