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Columnstore Indexes – part 65 (“Clustered Columnstore Improvements in SQL Server 2016”)

Columnstore Indexes – part 65 (“Clustered Columnstore Improvements in SQL Server 2016”)

Continuation from the previous 64 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. This article is dedicated to the improvements to Clustered Columnstore Index in SQL Server 2016. The Clustered Columnstore Index is designed for DataWarehouse & Decision Support…

Columnstore Indexes – part 64 (“T-SQL Improvements in SQL Server 2016”)

Columnstore Indexes – part 64 (“T-SQL Improvements in SQL Server 2016”)

Continuation from the previous 63 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. I have decided to write a rather small blogpost, highlighting the T-SQL improvements already available in SQL Server 2016. The reason behind this blogpost is because…

Columnstore Indexes – part 61 (“Window aggregate functions”)

Columnstore Indexes – part 61 (“Window aggregate functions”)

Continuation from the previous 60 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. A lot of financial calculations in the SQL world involves a number of analytical & statistical functions, such as CUME_DIST, LEAD, FIRST_VALUE, PERCENTILE_CONT, LAG, PERCENTILE_DISC, LAST_VALUE,…