Preconference Session at SQL Nexus – SQL Server Virtualization
If you are attending this year’s SQL Nexus conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, from May 1st to 3rd this year, I...
2017-04-03
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Custom Handling Flat File Output of an SSIS Package with the Script Component
I recently had a requirement to remove the last Carriage Return <CR> and Line Feed <LF> characters when outputting a...
2017-04-02
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Can I tune the tempDB of an Azure based SQL Server database…
Yip. You can.
I was originally going to write this post about tuning tempDB in our Azure SQL database. Which would...
2017-04-02
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Columnstore Indexes – part 101 (“Estimated? Similar! Similar How?”)
Continuation from the previous 100 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
This blogpost will focus on warning you...
2017-04-01
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SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB
A quick video clip where I show two things. Firstly I show how since SQL Server 2014 SP1+ the snapshot...
2017-04-01
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Max Length of a column in a DataTable in PowerShell
Whilst I was writing my Test-DbaLastBackup Posts I ran into a common error I get when importing datatables into a...
2017-04-01
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April Fools 2017
Each year I try to something fun for April 1st, though it’s hard to do well. Trying to be funny...
2017-04-01
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Why I’m Changing to MySQLAndy
From time to time we all have to examine our path and decide if we need to make adjustments. Looking...
2017-04-01
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How to grow the exposure of a Data Platform based conference (SQL Saturday South Island)
SQL Saturday conferences are awesome.
That is the opening line of this blog post – because it’s true and understated.
If you’re reading...
2017-04-01
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Speaking on Re-Indexing – The quest of ultimate automation – SQLSaturday (Orange County)
Apr 1st 2.45 pm, I will be presenting “Re-Indexing – The quest of ultimate automation” @ sqlsaturday, Orange County, if you are...
2017-03-31
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Blogs
A Daily Report from Claude
By Steve Jones
Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
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Question of the Day
Getting Database MaiL Profiles
If I want to return information about all Database Mail profiles on my instance from T-SQL, how can I do this?
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