Sharing knowledge in communities of practice
Communities of practice bring people together to share ideas and learn from each other about a common interest. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains and gives some advice on starting them.
2021-09-06
Articles
Use SQL Server Integration Services to Add HubSpot Contacts to MailChimp Lists
SSIS stands for SQL Server Integration Services and is a solution for building data integrations and workflow applications that integrate with SQL Server databases. As data integration processes increase in importance, organizations are looking for ways to simplify integration and manage workflows. In this article, we'll walk you through how to design a data flow that adds new HubSpot contacts to a MailChimp list using CData SSIS Components for HubSpot and MailChimp. Connecting to HubSpot and MailChimp The […]
2021-09-03 (first published: 2021-08-17)
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Create, Populate, and Subset a Pandas Dataframe from a CSV File
In this article we demonstrate how to transfer data via a CSV file from a SQL Server database to a Pandas dataframe and then subset the dataframe in Python.
2021-09-03
Connect to and Query Salesforce Data in QlikView
This short article shows how to connect to Salesforce data with CData and produce a chart from a query.
2021-09-01
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Discovering What’s Changed by Flyway Migrations
A set of PowerShell cmdlets that will 'diff' two versions of a database and provide a high-level overview of the major database changes made by successive Flyway migrations. You can 'diff' a SQL Server database to the same one on PostgreSQL and find out which objects are the same and which are different.
2021-09-01
Join SQL Server tables where columns include NULL values
Dealing with NULL values especially when joining tables can become a challenge. Let's take a look at this issue and how this can be resolved.
2021-09-01
Tracking Failed Job Steps
Recently a customer was asking for a way to alert on job steps that failed, but the job succeeded. They really wanted a custom metric for SQL Monitor, which I submitted, but this post looks at the query in general, trying to determine if a job step failed. Note: Let me start by noting that […]
2021-08-30
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Diagnose and resolve latch contention on SQL Server
This guide describes how to identify and resolve latch contention issues observed when running SQL Server applications on high concurrency systems with certain workloads.
2021-08-30
Schedule Azure SQL DB Processes using Azure Functions
Learn how to schedule processes in Azure SQL Database using an Azure Function in this easy to follow step by step tutorial.
2021-08-30
Formatting T-SQL Scripts using ScriptDOM and PowerShell
Well-formatted scripts are always easier to maintain and enhance readability to high degree. Formatting standards are an important part of coding standards anywhere and if not, they need to be. If there are a large number of scripts this can add up to a significant amount of time needed to maintain them. It is also […]
2021-08-27
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