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A recent discussion in the SAP internal JAM community for HANA made me aware of a feature added to HANA SQL starting with HANA 1 SPS 12 (don’t ask the revision, just check the latest), respectively HANA 2 SPS 02 (we… Read More » A new feature! YAY!?

… logging! Yes, you just got click-baited into reading this advertisement for a product enhancement idea that I posted: Standard logging facility for SQLScript The idea here is simple: when you write application logic in… Read More » What HANA needs now is some...

If you’re reading this, you are likely aware of the ongoing debates, complaints, failures and the general situation around the SAP Community platform and the state of this very community in general, which is why I am not… Read More » SAP Community? Why?

HANA 2 has been out for a while now - even SP01 of it is available already - so I thought it is about time to get more familiar with it. Using my trusty " skullbox" (HANA in a pocket… ) I installed HANA 2 and realised… Read More » HANA 2 and two riddle errors

Hey there! I recently presented a short session on my experiences with developing and debugging non-classic-SAP HANA solutions at the Leading Insights conference in Melbourne (27./28.3.2017). And since the slides are… Read More » Eco-friendly slide recycling with HANA

In case you ever got frustrated by how 80’s like the SAP HANA hints infrastructure looks like, go and support my improvement idea on SAP Idea place: https://ideas.sap.com/D40094 Go and upvote! Now! :) Read More » Make query hints great again...

Based on SAP HANA SPS 12 (HCP trial) When Jody Hesch recently send me an email with a question about HANA, he received what everyone receives when sending email questions about HANA. The reply is a version of Read More » Merging right. Some tests with data loading in HANA from Down Under.

SCN is coming to an end as we all know and apparently I managed to get through early. All missions completed and highest level reached. Now, that leaves a feeling of achievement, even early in the week :grin: Read More » I’m done (apparently) – see y’all

DISCLAIMER: this blog describes unsupported and unlicensed use of the SAP HANA software. I describe my personal try-out of a hardware/software combination. It’s not in any way meant to be used productively or recommended… Read More » HANA in a pocket, a skull and some dirty hands on Linux

Hello HANA community! As of last week, we are happy to have a new moderator in our team: Michael Healy Michael lives and works in Dublin, Ireland and works in the SAP Digital Business Services group helping customers… Read More » SAP HANA community continues to grow and so does the moderator team