Assert Transformations in Azure Data Factory
This article will show how you can use Azure Data Factory to check your data quality with an assertion.
2022-11-02 (first published: 2022-10-24)
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Introducing the MySQL INSERT statement
In the previous article in this series, I introduced you to the SELECT statement, one of several SQL statements that fall into the category of data manipulation language (DML), a subset of statements used to query and modify data. Another DML statement is the INSERT statement, which lets you add data to MySQL tables, both permanent and temporary. This article covers the INSERT statement and the different ways you can use it to add data.
2022-11-02
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2022-11-02
SAP S/4HANA and Microsoft Azure SQL Integration and Hard Deletion Handling
This article shows how one can use SSIS to find differences in SAP.
2022-10-31
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How SQL Monitor gives developers the information they need to develop faster and smarter
Leading Danish pharmaceutical company, Orifarm, has a mission to be 'Number 1 in making healthcare a better deal'. Find out why they chose SQL Monitor to give their whole IT team, developers included, the real-time metrics they need to highlight development issues and resolve them before they become problems.
2022-10-31
SQL Cheat Sheet for Basic T-SQL Commands
In this article, we cover some basic T-SQL commands that show you how to interact with a SQL Server database table.
2022-10-31
SQL Server Engineering Using Free Tools
You can master engineering for your SQL Server databases, on premises or in the cloud, with a FREE toolkit!
2022-10-28
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2022-10-28
SQL Stored Procedure Input and Output Parameters, Types, Error Handling, Security and more
In this article, we look at various aspects of creating SQL Server stored procedures along with several examples of how to build a stored procedure.
2022-10-28
Migrate the SSIS Catalog in Just a Few Clicks
This wizard migrates SSIS Catalog from one server to another in just a few clicks.
2022-10-27 (first published: 2021-08-17)
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I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers