SSRS report - all hyperlinks have target of _top
I am creating a hyperlink like this: ="<a href=""https://www.google.com"" target=""_blank"">Link</a>" It works but I need to open it in the tab. When I inspect the element the target is…
Visual Studio 2019 (SSAS) - Error when trying to open my model
The backstory: I work with SSAS and a tabular model via a VDI. The connection with my VDI went wonky and now there is a disconnect involving my tabular model. I'm only trying to open my tabular model (.bim) via SSAS, and I keep getting the error that…
IP assignment on sql managed instance
How frequently Microsoft changes IP on sql managed instances? My understanding is that it is dynamic IP and can change anytime we are using custom DNS and need to make some dns entries - shall we create a private endpoint on sql managed instance and use…
Why are query executed first blocked by update executed later
There are sessions 1-4, and session 1 is update, which is used to block the environment needed for other sessions to form. Symptom 1: Sessions 2 and 4 are select and 3 are update. 1-2-3-4 is executed in sequence. Once session 1 is terminated, I expect…
Error Encountered During Custom SQL Server Express 2022 Installation on Windows 10
While attempting to perform a custom installation of SQL Server Express 2022 on a Windows 10 64-bit laptop, an error is displayed: "SQL Server Setup encountered the following error: An exception was thrown by the destination of a call."…
Certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted. Error suddenly when loading into excel?
Hello all, With my credentials I can use and manipulate a database in SQL management studio. However, when I try to load that data into excel or PowerBI I receive the error (this previously worked for months):

How to fetch full sql statement execution plan
Querying the sys.dm_exec_query_plan_stats.QUERY_PLAN results in a truncated version of the showplanxml How to get the full length ?

Query Availability Group Permissions to CREATE ANY DATABASE
When configuring an availability group with automatic seeding, the secondary replicas must be given the following permission in order to automatically create/seed new databases. ALTER AVAILABILITY GROUP [????] GRANT CREATE ANY DATABASE Question:…
SQL server is using high CPU
Hi, SQL server is using unusual high CPU. Trying updating stats and index reorganization, bt no help. SQL agent refresher is taking high CPU, please help. Thank you
SQL Server Reporting Services chrome http2_protocol_error
I have web app that display a report page in inframe. Lately I deploy app on Windows Server 2022. when I use Chrome(135.0.7049.85) i get err_http2_protocol_error. What is more, when in another tab I open Url to web portal and later refresh my page report…
How to fix connectivity timeout issue between azure function and azure sql server.
We are trying to connect to SQL database using azure function. We are facing a connectivity timeout issue. Below is the error message :- 4/7/2025, 4:10:22.220 PM An error occurred in updateDatabase: RequestError: Timeout: Request failed to complete in…
getting the below error while trying a run a python script present in azure data bricks workspace from adf pipeline
getting the below error while trying a run a python script present in azure data bricks workspace from adf pipeline and also the same error is being occurred when i run the script in a adb notebook as well Connecting to Database ... Database connection…
Type Cast Error
I am trying to write a derived column expression to check for year. We get a data file for employees for previous month in the current month and I am trying to tackle the year so when I get the file in January the year should be 2024 since I will get the…
I am importing database from a bacpac file to one of sql server in Azure (PaaS). however the deployment failed. Can someone guide how to ensure the bacpac file under is accessible and what permissions need to be ser on the container or a storage account.
I am importing database from a bacpac file to one of sql server in Azure (PaaS). however the deployment failed. Can someone guide how to ensure the bacpac file under is accessible and what permissions need to be set on the container or a storage account.
I would like to know if connector is available for SAP BPC?
Hi Experts, I am working on solution development to ingest data from different SAP systems to ADLS Gen 2. I have selected ADF for the integration and could see ADF connectors available for SAP BW, HANA, C2C etc. However, I don't find any information…
How to clone database in SQL 2022?
My customer has SQL 2022 (16.0.1000.6) and a production database. To investigate performance of the database I need the db backup. But customer cannot provide it because of some tables contain sensitive data. I have tried to clone the db because it has…
Issue with Configuring SSRS on EC2 with RDS
Hello, I am currently working on setting up SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) on an Amazon RDS instance with an EC2 instance acting as the application client. Specifically, I want to store SSRS metadata in Amazon RDS while using the EC2 instance to…
Issue with SSL certificate after SQL SERVER SSRS UPGRADE
hi All Experts, looking for some help here, we have SQL SERVER and SSRS running under: Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (RTM-CU31-GDR) (KB5040940) - 14.0.3471.2 (X64) 2017 Microsoft Corporation Developer Edition (64-bit) on Windows Server 2016…
SQL Server Secondary
Please guide if we can keep an AlwaysON SQL Server secondary database in read write mode

SQL Connection Issues from Power Bi tenant
Recent 2025 issues connecting to SQL Servers from Gateway Connections that were successful last week