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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An annoying Bug in the Restore Dialog
Today, thanks to a customer, I discovered one of those annoying little things that can really drive you nuts.
Basically, they were...
2016-03-01 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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SQL Saturday Headshots
This past weekend was SQL Saturday #478 – Albuquerque, and I was happy to have the chance to attend again. I...
2016-02-23
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Monitoring wait stats
This post, like last week’s, is based off the presentation I did to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
The request was...
2016-02-23
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Monitoring wait stats
This post, like last week’s, is based off the presentation I did to the DBA Fundamentals virtual chapter.
The request was...
2016-03-02 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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Refreshing KPI Data in SSRS 2016
Continuing my blog from last week, Creating KPIs in SQL Reporting Services, I am now going to explain how to...
2016-03-01 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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How is SQL Server using more than the Max Server Memory?
As usual, the pager went off...
"Server is near 100% memory utilization - what is running?"
http://www.starshipearththebigpicture.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/red-alert-picard-300x228.jpgI saw when I signed on that...
2016-02-29 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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Installation of SQL Server (Part 1 - Pre-installation)
I have been wanting to write this for a long time, and finally got time to do it. Which is...
2016-02-29 (first published: 2016-02-23)
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Shrink a log file…AUTOMATICALLY?
Today let’s talk about shrinking log files, and Minion Backup – still totally & forever free – and how they go together. First...
2016-02-25 (first published: 2016-02-22)
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SSRS 2016 – Part 2 New Features for Paginated Reports
This second post of 3 on SSRS 2016 looks at the new features for the SSRS portal and the paginated reports using the...
2016-02-22
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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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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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