Precedence Goes to Query Store or Plan Guide?
While presenting at SQLDay in Wroclaw, Poland, on the Query Store, I was asked a pretty simple question, which takes...
2016-05-31
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Blog Posts
Running Multiple Threads Quickly
Recently I was looking to generate a quick workload against an instance. I wanted to add to the amount of...
2016-05-31
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THE SQL Server 2016 NYC Launch Event Schedule
Presenting the OFFICIAL SQL Server 2016 NYC Launch Event Schedule for Thursday, June 2, 2016, just ONE day after the...
2016-05-31
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What is the max/min size of a decimal data type?
Recently, I wrote a maintenance script to check every table in every database on our servers at work nightly and...
2016-05-31
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SQL Server Exercise for Data Warehouse Candidates
Background
Part of the process when looking for candidates to bring into a data warehouse team is to ensure that you hire...
2016-05-30 (first published: 2016-05-20)
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SSRS 2005 Bug - Percentage calculated column when Exporting to Excel
Nature of the Issue Faced :- Say you have 3 columns in a tablix/table on the report. There are 3 textboxes...
2016-05-30 (first published: 2016-05-20)
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Columnstore Indexes – part 83 (“Columnstore Replication in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 82 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
A lot of things were changed in...
2016-05-29
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Upcoming Webinars and Events
This coming week is packed full of fun events! On Wednesday, June 1st at 2pm Eastern, I’m participating in a...
2016-05-29
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Changing a Computed Column–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-05-27 (first published: 2016-05-19)
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My 24 Hours of PASS Session Files
I was honored to be selected to join many other great speakers in presenting for the recent 24 Hours of...
2016-05-27
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Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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