PASS Summit Announcements: Azure Analysis Services
Microsoft usually has some interesting announcements at the PASS Summit, and this year was no exception. I’m writing a set...
2016-11-01
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Creating Custom Databases with SQL Prompt
SQL Prompt has lots of great features that can help you write SQL quicker. However, you’ve got to train yourself...
2016-11-11 (first published: 2016-11-01)
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Stored Procedures Are Not Faster Than Views
A performance tuning tip I saw recently said, “Views don’t perform as well as stored procedures.”
<sigh>
Let’s break this down, just...
2016-11-09 (first published: 2016-11-01)
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SQL Server Infrastructure and Virtualization Boot Camp
I am proud to announce the availability of our new training offerings! We are launching a live web-based version of our...
2016-11-01
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 23 – Sparkline)
In this module you will learn how to use the Sparkline Power BI Custom Visual. The Sparkline allows you to...
2016-11-01
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Autumn Update - Trick or Treat
Its been a busy few weeks for me, most of that outside of gethynellis.com I’m in the process of moving...
2016-11-01
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CISL 1.4.0 is released
Another happy release of the CISL (Columnstore Indexes Script Library) is live – this time it is 1.4.0!
This release is focusing...
2016-11-07 (first published: 2016-11-01)
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SQL Server DMA – Data Migration Assistant V2.0
One of the benefits of twitter is that you get to hear about new tools quickly, one of the tools...
2016-11-01
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PASS Summit 2016 Wrapup
Last week I had one of the best experiences of my career – attending this year’s PASS Summit in Seattle. I...
2016-11-01
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Get Backup History for All Databases in Server
Here's a quick snippet to get a listing of the database backups that last occurred on a server. Most solutions...
2016-10-31
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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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advice on ssrs version control
Hi we're a bit behind on versioning ssrs. I think we have over 1600...
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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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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