On Automation
I’m a big fan of automation. I’ve been in IT for 27 years now. One unchanging rule during that time...
2015-04-20 (first published: 2015-04-09)
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Blog Posts
2015-04-20
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The hidden security of msdb
To be fair it’s not actually hidden, just not so well known.
Have you ever wondered how to grant permissions...
2015-04-20
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The MERGE Statement – One Statement for INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE
Starting with SQL Server 2008, we can use the MERGE statement to solve some every day scenarios in more elegant...
2015-04-20
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T-SQL HOST_ID and HOST_NAME
HOST_ID and HOST_NAME
Included in T-SQL for SQL Server is a functions that returns the workstation information that executes a SQL...
2015-04-20
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 51 (“SSIS, DataFlow & Max Buffer Memory”)
Continuation from the previous 50 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
This post is dedicated to usage of...
2015-04-19
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How CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL behave with computed columns In Sql Server
Hi friends, in this blog I am going to tell you about effect of CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL for computed columns while creating...
2015-04-18
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How index gets dropped in Views in SQL Server
Hi Friends, In this blog I am going to tell about dropping of indexes in view in SQL Server. Views...
2015-04-18
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Heraflux is Hiring
I’m proud to announce my company, Heraflux Technologies, is looking to fill the position for Vice President of Business Development....
2015-04-17
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On Failure: On Being a Screw-Up
“He’s a screw-up. Always trying things that don’t work.”
I’ll be honest: I used to be afraid of being the person...
2015-04-17 (first published: 2015-04-09)
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Blogs
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
Installing and Configuring containerd as a Kubernetes Container Runtime
This post shows you how to install containerd as the container runtime for Kubernetes...
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