I am speaking at SQL Saturday Indy 2016!
That’s right, back-to-back roll. I will be presenting my second SQLSaturday session at the upcoming Indianapolis #530, Saturday, Aug. 13th,...
2016-06-22
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2016 Call for Speakers Closes July 17, 2016
We’ve advanced the closing date for the SQLSaturday Orlando call for speakers to July 17. That’s to give us time...
2016-06-22
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Not a Great Search
Tldr: A bit of a rant. I’m not spending a bunch of time crafting this.
I have mixed feelings about searching...
2016-06-22
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Starting ReadyRoll with an Existing DB
I’ve been working with ReadyRoll quite a bit the last few months, and wanted to start putting out some information....
2016-07-01 (first published: 2016-06-22)
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Microsoft finally got SQL setup right!
This past week, Microsoft revealed that SQL Server 2016 will be available in June. Exciting news indeed! With that said,...
2016-06-22
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SQL Server Security Series, part 1
In the first entry in this SQL Server security series, we will demonstrate a brute force attack against SQL Server...
2016-06-22
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Database snapshots
This feature is Enterprise only which can limit who it is useful to, but I find the whole concept fascinating....
2016-06-22
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Join Me at PASS Summit 2016
It seems like it was just yesterday that we all said goodbye in Seattle at last year’s PASS Summit, but...
2016-06-22
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Columnstore Indexes – part 85 (“Important Batch Mode Changes in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 84 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
I wanted to write a blog post...
2016-06-21
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SQL Server Service Broker – Networking
This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging and queueing technology built into the SQL Server Database...
2016-06-21
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Blogs
Lift and shift vs modernizing your data warehouse
By James Serra
If you are migrating a data warehouse, there is a question worth asking before...
Power BI Fun With Travels
By Steve Jones
I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new...
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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