Blog Post: Clean up all (most) of the orphans on an instance
Recently we have been doing a number of instance moves as part of a large upgrade project. And as anyone who’s done many of these types of moves knows, orphans are a big pain. You backup your database...
View ArticleBlog Post: Blacklist a Set of IPs - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 3 minutes We talked about whitelisting IPs before, but what about the opposite, blacklisting... The post Blacklist a Set of IPs appeared first on WaterOx Consulting .
View ArticleBlog Post: Prototyping Layout and Design with Datazen
In looking at Datazen recently, there is one feature that jumped out at me as being very useful for prototyping. Datazen calls it the 'Design-First' methodology. In the Datazen Publisher app...
View ArticleBlog Post: What is Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics?
Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics (ASA) is a fully managed cloud service for real-time processing of streaming data. ASA makes it easy to set up real-time analytic computations on data flowing in from...
View ArticleBlog Post: Row Level Security in SQL Server 2016 CTP2
Earlier this year Microsoft Azure implemented Row-Level Security ( Brent’s announcement ). In following Microsoft’s cloud-first release concept, this great feature is now part of SQL Server 2016 CTP2,...
View ArticleBlog Post: New Couchbase Release Bridges SQL-NoSQL Database Worlds
NoSQL database vendor Couchbase has developed a SQL query language that will help developers with SQL expertise -- and there are millions of them -- build enterprise web, mobile and...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to Dramatically Decrease Data Warehouse Load Times with...
Nice article on Memory Optimized tables in Data warehousing. Read more at http://sqlmag.com/sql-server-integration-services/how-dramatically-decrease-data-warehouse-load-times-memory-optimized...
View ArticleBlog Post: What is Coming in SQL Server 2016 for Business Intelligence
Over the past few years we did not hear anything from Microsoft about SQL Server on-premises business intelligence enhancements. The extended cricket-chirping silence left us speculating about the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Tracking Your Community Involvement
My love of collecting data isn’t limited to work, I’m just as happy doing it at home. From the typical digital keepsakes such as documents and photos to geekier things like detailed utility records...
View ArticleBlog Post: What is the Differenence between TOP and OFFSET & Fetch?
Both TOP and OFFSET & FETCH can be used to limit the number of rows returned. OFFSET and FETCH can return similar results to top, but there are differences which may influence which method is...
View ArticleBlog Post: Drawing Lines On Maps With Power Map And Power Query
Recently, I was working with a customer that wanted to be able to draw lines between two points in Power Map. At the time I thought the only way that it might be possible was by using Power Query to...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server – How to Calculate Length and Size of any field in a...
Recently I came across a situation where queries are loading extremely slow from a table and I was able to find the root cause using DATALENGTH T-SQL function. According to books online, DATALENGTH...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server – Capture Execution Plan of a Currently Running...
DBAs most often face scenarios where they need to capture graphical execution plan of a query running live on a production instance because of multiple reasons, for example: why a particular SPID is...
View ArticleBlog Post: Speaking at SharePoint Saturday London
I don’t think it is any great secret that I have had my eyes on the SharePoint Community for quite some time. With the introduction of a dedicated SharePoint track (and precon) in 2013 at SQLSaturday...
View ArticleBlog Post: 006 – Personal Trainer - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 5 minutes Do You Have a Personal Trainer? In WOxPod!, episode # 006 –... The post 006 – Personal Trainer appeared first on WaterOx Consulting .
View ArticleForum Post: Toad for SQL Server 6.6 - issues
I just recently installed version 6.6 and came across a few issues that are annoying. 1. In the old version, the entire tab header for each document took on the color linked to whatever connection it...
View ArticleBlog Post: Connecting to Analysis Services From Power BI Website, Power BI...
Welcome to part 4 of a 4-part series on using the SSAS Connector with the new Power BI Preview. This information is as of early June 2015 and will definitely change as the Power BI Preview evolves....
View ArticleBlog Post: Jen’s Pass Diary: Reflections and a plea for help for the ‘little...
This blog does not represent PASS. Here, I discuss a few threads: PASS HQ Meeting A plea for help for SQLSaturday Edinburgh along with some SQLBits commentary A plea for the little guy – my thoughts...
View ArticleBlog Post: Animated Graphics Depict The Fallen of World War II
In an amazing application of visualization techniques, this production is a depiction of the casualties and affects of war. Starting with World War II, Neil Halloran uses animated charts to measure...
View ArticleForum Post: How to recover or restore corrupted MDF file ?
Hello Friends, last month i have lost MDF file that is more important for me so pls suggest any tool by which i can got it easily.... Thanks.
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