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What's new in Analysis Services 2012 versus 2008 R2
Posted by Andy Brown on 19 December 2014
If you're creating multidimensional models (as you probably will be), Analysis Services has barely changed between versions 2008 R2 and 2012 - and the small differences are mostly in the favour of the older version. This blog plays spot-the-difference between Analysis Services 2008 R2 and 2012.
Steps to follow when creating a new flat file in SSIS
Posted by Andy Brown on 04 December 2014
Using an existing flat file in SSIS is straightforward, but creating a new one can be a pain - this blogs gives some steps to follow.
A short blog showing that SSIS 2014 is the same as 2012
Posted by Andy Brown on 27 November 2014
Possibly the shortest Wise Owl blog, listing the changes between Integration Services 2012 and 2014 (there aren't any!).
A detailed blog exploring what's new in SSIS 2012
Posted by Andy Brown on 27 November 2014
If you're wondering whether to upgrade to Integration Services 2012, or just want to know what differences there are between SSIS 2008 R2 and 2012, this blog should help you!
Posted by Andrew Gould on 31 October 2014
This blog serves as the main index for our complete tutorial on programming in Visual C#. You'll find links to all of the articles, videos and files that you'll need to follow the tutorial.
Addiction to the 2048 mobile phone app
Posted by Andy Brown on 08 October 2014
One owl's sad story of addiction to a simple computer game: a tale of lost time and lost sanity.
Teacher training: learning how to code at school
Posted by Andy Brown on 08 October 2014
How Wise Owl training courses can help teachers to fulfil the new UK National Curriculum requirement to teach all schoolchildren how to program.
VBA code to create a chart and textbox, and copy them to Word
Posted by Andy Brown on 03 October 2014
Charts in VBA are a bit weird: this blogs highlights some of their foibles, by showing how charts are really just special shapes, which contain shapes of their own!
Programmatically searching websites using VBA
Posted by Andy Brown on 19 September 2014
I've already pinched (with permission!) the ideas of Fergus Cairns to explain ways to run automatic searches on popular websites like Google; this blog gives an update on the same topic.
What does the SCD transform in SSIS do, and should you use it?
Posted by Andy Brown on 05 July 2014
Integration Services include a Slowly Changing Dimension transform, which is designed to make loading dimension data easier. This blog explains how it works, and discusses whether it achieves its objectives.
How C# beat VB to take the programming language crown
Posted by Andy Brown on 13 June 2014
This blog explains why Wise Owl have gone over to the dark side, and now program in C#
Posted by Andrew Gould on 09 June 2014
Using the Pivot operator in SQL Server allows you to create basic pivot tables from your query results. This blog teaches you how to create simple, static pivots, crosstab-style tables and exciting, dynamic pivot tables.
Revealing how Excel workbooks are actually stored as zipped XML files
Posted by Andy Brown on 16 May 2014
Did you know that Excel workbooks are really just a collection of XML files, all zipped together? We didn’t either, so we thought we'd tell the world.
Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 13 - Playing Sounds
Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014
This part of the tutorial explains how to add sounds to the game using a Windows API function.
Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 12 - Managing Game State
Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014
This part of the tutorial implements a state system to make it easier to determine what actions to perform each time the game updates.
Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 11 - Detecting Collisions
Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014
In this part of the tutorial you'll learn how to make the game detect collisions between the bird and the obstacles.
Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 10 - Creating Obstacles
Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014
This part of the tutorial shows you how to add obstacles to the game and how to make them move across the screen.
Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 9 - Creating the Game Sheet
Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014
This part of the tutorial explains how to generate a game worksheet using code to define the playing area.
Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 8 - Using Class Modules
Posted by Andrew Gould on 24 April 2014
This part of the tutorial introduces the concept of class modules and shows you how to use them to organise your code.
Flappy Bird in Excel VBA Part 7 - Creating Sprites
Posted by Andrew Gould on 11 April 2014
This part of the tutorial describes how to draw simple images using a worksheet as the canvas. You'll also see how to include the images in the game.