Dinesh Asanka

Dinesh Asanka holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, an MBA in Information Technology, a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence, and an MPhil in Data Warehousing from University of Moratuwa. His strong academic background, combined with 30+ years of industry experience, has enabled him to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application in the fields of data management and analytics.

Currently, he serves as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya, where he teaches subjects such as Data Management, Data Science, Big Data Analytics, and Database Administration. His research interests include Educational Analytics, Health Analytics, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence-driven solutions for decision-making and learning enhancement.

In addition to his academic and research contributions, Dinesh is also an active columnist and presenter who regularly contributes to professional forums, conferences, workshops, and public discussions related to technology, analytics, and digital transformation.
  • Interests: Watching Cricket / Writing Articles

SQLServerCentral Article

Review Armtech for SQL Server

How many times have you wished you could throttle the CPU use of SQL Server? Or for a database? Prevent your developers from using too many resources while sharing the server with production or QA. ArmTech for Windows can do this and Dinsesh Asanka brings us a review of how this product worked in his environment.

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2005-07-26

5,490 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

The Multi Phase Data Pump

SQL Server 2000 has an amazing ETL tool in Data Transformation Services that is included at no charge, something none of the other database vendors include. DTS has great flexibility to make your job easier, but it has some quirks in this version. The Multi Phase Data Pump is hidden inside the tool, but can provide a great programming environment and Dinesh Asanka brings us a look at what you can do wit this tool.

(1)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2005-03-29

12,016 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Upsizing the Access Database into the SQL Server

SQL Server and Access are usually linked together as Access used for applications at the beginning of their lifecycle that are later moved to SQL Server when the load gets too high or the data sizes grow. There are often cases where you may also want to use SQL Server as a backend to an Access application. But how do you get your data from Access to SQL Server? Author Dinesh Asanka brings us an overview of the various ways that you can move your Access database to SQL Server.

(2)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2005-02-21

16,951 reads

SQLServerCentral Article

Best Practices are always the Best

On this site, we have taken a contrarian approach to looking at the ways to configure SQL Server with our Worst Practices series. However Microsoft still looks at it from the other side and release a tool called the Best Practices Analyzer for SQL Server. Author Dinesh Asanka brings us a short look at this tool.

(1)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2004-11-11

12,636 reads

Blogs

T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget

By

I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...

A Daily Report from Claude

By

Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...

A New Word: Gnossienne

By

gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

ALAMAT BCA KCU JAMBI 082225313145 WA CS

By Layanan_BCA_24jam

WhatsApp 082225313145 Jl. Dokter Sutomo No.50-50A, Ps. Jambi, Kec. Ps. Jambi, Kota Jambi, Jambi...

Demo Tracking Dropped Objects

By Artur Sanin

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Demo Tracking Dropped Objects

Randomly Selecting Columns and Rows from a Table or View

By Artur Sanin

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Randomly Selecting Columns and Rows...

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

Getting Database MaiL Profiles

If I want to return information about all Database Mail profiles on my instance from T-SQL, how can I do this?

See possible answers