Refreshing the SQL Server PowerShell Provider
Sometimes SSMS gives you stale results and there you have the Refresh button to fix that.
In SQL PowerShell, the same...
2017-01-06
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Easy Database Space with dbatools
One of the things that I’ve seen DBAs query for is free space in a database. In fact, this is...
2017-01-20 (first published: 2017-01-06)
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What is ETL?
In my ongoing series on ETL Best Practices, I am illustrating a collection of extract-transform-load design patterns that have proven...
2017-01-16 (first published: 2017-01-06)
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Columnstore Indexes – part 94 (“Use Partitioning Wisely”)
Continuation from the previous 93 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post will talk about some...
2017-01-06
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Friday Reading 2017-01-06
Happy New Year to all of you out there! I know, I know it’s a week late but hey I’ve...
2017-01-06
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New String Function – TRIM – in SQL Server vNext
As SQL developer, you must have often come across a scenario where you need to remove the empty spaces at...
2017-01-06
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On Stepping Down and Out… For a Bit
For those of you on the Denver SQL Server User Group e-mail list, you probably heard the news I am...
2017-01-05
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Database snapshots for everyone!
If you're lucky enough to have SQL Server 2016, go on and upgrade to SP1....you get extra-lucky special database snapshots...
2017-01-05
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Watch the Manual DBA v Automated Deployment Challenge
At last year’s SQL in the City, I played the part of a manual DBA making changes and deploying those...
2017-01-12 (first published: 2017-01-05)
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Hold The Fort
Have you ever heard the phrase “Hold The Fort”? Long ago in battle supply routes were targeted by enemy regiments...
2017-01-12 (first published: 2017-01-05)
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Blogs
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
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Question of the Day
The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
The Data API Builder MCP Server, v2.x, includes a number of tools. What actions can these tools perform in your database?
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