Speaker of the Month: May 2015
When I attend sessions at events, I try to mix it up. I’ll go to a session that, really, I...
2015-06-09
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday Albany (#sqlsat386) – Look Who’s Speaking!
So on June 3rd I got this email from Edward Pollack.
I had submitted a few weeks earlier and had been...
2015-06-09
740 reads
SQL Saturday Sioux Falls – July 18
If you live in the Midwest region around Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota, you should consider attending the first-ever...
2015-06-09
540 reads
Talking TypeScript on the .NET Rocks! Podcast
I appeared on the .NET Rocks podcast show #1149 this week. I had a blast talking about TypeScript, the new...
2015-06-09
787 reads
The #1 Enemy of Data Loading in SQL Server
Let’s look at the following script:
CREATE TABLE LoadMeFast (Id INT NOT NULL,
InsertDate DATETIME NOT NULL,
ABunchOfLetters NVARCHAR(100)
)
GO
SET NOCOUNT ON
GO
DECLARE...
2015-06-09 (first published: 2015-06-03)
4,056 reads
Columnstore Indexes – part 55 (“New Architecture Elements in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 54 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
The architectural changes in the upcoming SQL...
2015-06-08
608 reads
HealthySQL - A Comprehensive Guide to Healthy SQL Server Performance Now Available - 10% off
Announcing my new book available in hard copy and eBook, HealthySQL -
A Comprehensive Guide to Healthy SQL Server Performance, by...
2015-06-08 (first published: 2015-06-03)
3,458 reads
Multiple Windows Groups with different default databases
A question came up at work the other day, mostly as a mind game, but you never know it might...
2015-06-08 (first published: 2015-05-28)
1,848 reads
Sysmail_help_profileaccount_sp – SQL Server Database Mail Stored Procedure – Part 8
Hi folks, in our previous blog of SQL Server Database Mail stored procedure we added database mail account to database...
2015-06-08
415 reads
Animated Graphics Depict The Fallen of World War II
In an amazing application of visualization techniques, this production is a depiction of the casualties and affects of war. Starting...
2015-06-07
411 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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