Faster
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Jack of ALL Trades
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Columnstore Indexes – part 118 (“SQL Server 2017 Editions Limitations”)
Continuation from the previous 117 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
As a logical continuation from the blog...
2018-01-05
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Presentations & Blogging of 2017 in Review
And here comes the 5th time I am reviewing what happened on the presentation an blogging side of my life,...
2017-12-29
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Columnstore Indexes – part 117 (“Clustered vs Nonclustered”)
Continuation from the previous 116 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
An important issue I have faced already...
2017-12-29
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Columnstore Indexes – part 116 (“Partitioning Specifics”)
Continuation from the previous 115 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
After delaying for a couple of years...
2017-12-28
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Precon at SQLKonferenz 2018
One of my favourite conferences (and so far I was incredibly lucky to have spoken at every edition) is SQLKonferenz,...
2017-12-27
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Columnstore Indexes – part 115 (“Bulk Load API and Pressure”)
Continuation from the previous 114 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post is dedicated to the...
2017-11-08
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Columnstore Indexes – part 114 (“Machine Learning Services”)
Continuation from the previous 113 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blogpost is focusing on the unsung...
2017-10-29
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Columnstore Indexes – part 113 (“Row Groups Merging Limitations”)
Continuation from the previous 112 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post serves as the continuation...
2017-09-24
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Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers