SQL Server Service Broker – Networking
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging and queueing technology built into the SQL Server Database...
2016-06-21
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Blog Posts
What’s New in Reporting Services 2016
Today I had the pleasure of presenting to the Higher Ed Data Warehousing and BI Group. We discussed the long...
2016-06-21 (first published: 2016-06-14)
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Columnstore Indexes – part 84 (“Practical Dictionary Cases”)
Continuation from the previous 83 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
In this blog post I wanted to...
2016-06-20
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Comparing two query plans
This month my friend Michael J Swart(b/t) would like us to talk about the new 2016 version of SQL Server....
2016-06-20 (first published: 2016-06-14)
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Implementing Fuzzy Sets in SQL Server, Part 0: The Buzz About Fuzz
By Steve Bolton
…………I originally planned to post a long-delayed series titled Information Measurement with SQL Server next, in which I’d...
2016-06-20 (first published: 2016-06-13)
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LAST_VALUE–The Basics of Framing
I did some work a 3-4 years ago, learning about the Windowing functions and enjoying them so much I built...
2016-06-20
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Monday Morning SQL Break – June 20, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me...
2016-06-20
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Using Power BI with Enterprise, On-premises Data
I just finished posting a 4-part series demonstrating how to use Power BI with on-premises data. The running time for...
2016-06-19
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Power BI Architecture Diagram v2 is Now Available
I finally finished putting together version 2 of my Power BI architecture diagram. I previously put together an architecture diagram...
2016-06-18
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Connect to SQL Azure database from SSMS
In this article I'll show you how to connect to SQL Azure database instance and create a simple database. First you have...
2016-06-17
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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