Faster

In the human history, there was a huge drive (such an ambiguous meaning here) to get faster.

Maybe within our DNA...

Jack of ALL Trades

Warning: If during reading this post, you feel like a lot of bells started ringing – I might have written about...

Columnstore Indexes – part 118 (“SQL Server 2017 Editions Limitations”)

Continuation from the previous 117 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
As a logical continuation from the blog...

Columnstore Indexes – part 117 (“Clustered vs Nonclustered”)

Continuation from the previous 116 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
An important issue I have faced already...

Presentations & Blogging of 2017 in Review

And here comes the 5th time I am reviewing what happened on the presentation an blogging side of my life,...

Columnstore Indexes – part 116 (“Partitioning Specifics”)

Continuation from the previous 115 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
After delaying for a couple of years...

Precon at SQLKonferenz 2018

One of my favourite conferences (and so far I was incredibly lucky to have spoken at every edition) is SQLKonferenz,...

Columnstore Indexes – part 115 (“Bulk Load API and Pressure”)

Continuation from the previous 114 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post is dedicated to the...

Columnstore Indexes – part 114 (“Machine Learning Services”)

Continuation from the previous 113 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blogpost is focusing on the unsung...

Columnstore Indexes – part 113 (“Row Groups Merging Limitations”)

Continuation from the previous 112 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post serves as the continuation...