Extended Properties Introduction
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2013-09-27 (first published: 2011-03-17)
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Slowly changing dimensions using T-SQL MERGE
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Industrial-strength database documentation using Extended Properties
To finish this short series on extended properties a look at documenting sets of database objects
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Modifying and deleting extended properties
Continuing the short series on extended properties, this article explains how to turbocharge the creation of extended properties
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Extracting Extended Properties
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A faster way to prepare dimensional databases
When you are obliged to create a dimensional database for an SSAS cube, how can you do it as fast as possible?
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Fast normalization of a denormalized data source, using surrogate IDs
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2009-09-09
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