Columnstore Indexes – part 78 (“Temporary Objects”)
Continuation from the previous 77 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
I have decided to spend some time...
2016-03-05
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Announcing Workshops – Columnstore Deep Dive (in German)
To support Microsoft with the upcoming release of the SQL Server 2016, OH22 have decided to open another public 2-days...
2016-02-26
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Columnstore Indexes – part 77 (“SSIS 2016 & Columnstore”)
Continuation from the previous 76 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
I have written previously about SQL Server...
2016-02-23
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Columnstore Indexes – part 76 (“Compression Delay”)
Continuation from the previous 75 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
While playing with SQL Server 2016 CTP...
2016-02-04
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CISL 1.1.0: cstore_doMaintenance (Columnstore Maintenace Solution Explained)
After the initial release of the SQL Server Maintenance Solution in CISL 1.1.0, I felt that a separate blog post...
2016-01-24
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10 Years of Blogging
Yesterday, on the 13th of January 2016, my blog has reached it’s 10th anniversary. It all started precisely 10 years...
2016-01-14
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CISL 1.1.0 is released – Columnstore Maintenance Solution for SQL Server 2014
After a very long waiting period, I have finally released the initial version of my Columnstore Maintenance solution for SQL...
2016-01-11
400 reads
Delivering workshop at SQLBits XV
Sometimes one receives amazing gifts at the most unexpected moment. I was beyond thrilled to find out that I was...
2015-12-30
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Presentations & Blogging of 2015 in Review
Another year is coming to an end and I am doing a review of which goals I have managed to...
2015-12-27
765 reads
Columnstore Indexes – part 75 (“Stretch DB & Columnstore”)
Continuation from the previous 74 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blog post focuses on one of...
2015-12-26
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