Speaking at SQL Konferenz 2017
I’m heading back across the Atlantic this February for SQL Konferenz. This is an intimate SQL Server event in Darmstadt...
2017-02-01
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Changing what SSMS opens on startup
When you open SSMS a connection window automatically comes up. Then once you pick your server, connection type, username and...
2017-02-01
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SQL Containers and Networking
I recently talked with the guys over at SQL Data Partners on their podcast about SQL Server and containers. It...
2017-02-10 (first published: 2017-02-01)
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Columnstore Indexes – part 97 (“Working with Strings”)
Continuation from the previous 96 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
After many years of using & fighting the...
2017-02-01
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Availability Group on SQL Server 2016
The Challenge
One of our clients in the gaming industry wanted to set up a high availability solution in their data...
2017-02-01
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Improve performance by replacing temp tables with memory optimized tables - Part 1
There are many cases where you will be using temp tables, and many of us are trying to seek for...
2017-02-01
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Write-Host || Cannot invoke this function because the current host does not implement it
Issue: While running powershell in SQL job step, I am getting below error: –
A job step received an error at...
2017-02-01
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My backup and SLEEP_BPOOL_FLUSH
I noticed that my backup was taking longer than usual. I went to Perfmon to look at some counters, more...
2017-02-01
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SQL and the other technologies
I was curious about how the SQL language stands with the other technologies. Next table shows it. The data is taken from StackOverflow. Charted data looks like in...
2017-02-01
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SQL and the other technologies
I was curious about how the SQL language stands with the other technologies. Next table shows it. The data is taken from StackOverflow. Charted data looks like in...
2017-02-01
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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