Off topic: The two cycle engine and your career path
I’ve been in technology for twenty years now. I’ve seen hundreds of environments, nearly 300 while employed at Microsoft alone.
One...
2016-12-30
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Comparing plan consistency and query performance using the Query Store Replay script
The 1.2 version of the Query Store Replay script a number of new features are added that return information of...
2017-01-04 (first published: 2016-12-30)
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Checking Permissions for Keys–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-01-06 (first published: 2016-12-29)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 31 – Horizontal Funnel)
In this module you will learn how to use the Horizontal Funnel Power BI Custom Visual. The Horizontal Funnel functions...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2016-12-29)
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Looking Back At 2016
When this blog started back in 2011 I had no idea that it would continue to grow to where it...
2016-12-29
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 32 – Percentile Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Percentile Chart Power BI Custom Visual. The Percentile Chart is...
2017-01-05 (first published: 2016-12-29)
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How we can determine table column dependencies within a SQL database?
I came a situation during some analysis where i had to figure out all dependency of a column across database....
2016-12-29
4,301 reads
Windows Virtual Accounts and SQL Server
How SQL Server uses Windows Virtual Accounts and local groups
Managed Service Accounts (MSAs) and Virtual Accounts were introduced in Windows...
2016-12-28
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Post TDE–Getting Unencrypted Backups
I saw a question posted recently about someone that had disabled TDE and was still having issues restoring a backup....
2016-12-28
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Columnstore Indexes – part 93 (“Batch Mode Adaptive Memory Grant Feedback”)
Continuation from the previous 92 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
Given that currently the Batch Execution Mode...
2016-12-28
972 reads
Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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