The Costs of Hiring Cheaper Consultants
From time to time, I see posts in forums from people complaining about how much some consultants charge. A really...
2017-02-17
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Blog Posts
vCenter Server fails to start, Purge and Shrink Vcenter SQL Database
One of my client vCenter Server fails to start as below shown error in event logs.Could not allocate space for...
2017-02-17
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Deadlock on ALTER DATABASE
I had an interesting problem recently. A database was stuck in single user mode. How exactly was it stuck you...
2017-02-16
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Dynamically Changing Shapes in Power BI – Alternatives
NOTE: the DAX presented in this blog post is written in my locale (nl-BE). This means that semicolons are used...
2017-02-16 (first published: 2017-02-08)
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Getting Started with PowerBI: Building Graphs (Part 3)
This is part 3 of the Getting Started with Power BI series. Power BI is a powerful reporting and dashboarding...
2017-02-16
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Resolution of Database Consistency Error in SQL Server
There are so many facilities and amenities in SQL Server along with built-in methods, which assist users in some bad...
2017-02-16
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True story: Encryption in progress stuck
Working with a couple of databases that needed TDE I noticed when I enabled one of them that it was...
2017-02-16
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Updates to the Power BI course
Recently I published an open-source course/workshop to learn Power BI Desktop. Fellow MVP Dan English (blog | twitter) gave me the...
2017-02-16
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Azure Advisor Recommendations
Logging into the Azure portal is a daily task of mine and my eyes light up when I see features...
2017-02-15
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Columnstore Indexes – part 98 (“Null Expressions & String Aggregates”)
Continuation from the previous 97 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
Continuing with the spirit of the previous...
2017-02-15
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Blogs
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
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RegEx Functions III
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Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025: Fewer Locks, Less Blocking, and the Cases It Cannot Fix
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Finely Tuned Models
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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