CHECKSUM vs HashBytes
Hashing can be useful in Data Warehousing as well It can give you the ability to break large problems into...
2012-02-01
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Garrett Hilton Edmondson
Tabular Model
One of the most exciting features in SQL Server 2012 is the introduction of the Tabular Model. The Tabular model...
2012-01-31
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Master Data Services 2012
As I mentioned in a pervious post Master Data Services for SQL 2012 is a huge improvement over the SQL...
2012-01-19
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SSIS ETL Frameworks
In my years as a BI Professional I have seen many ETL Frameworks. They range from homegrown internal solution to...
2012-01-04
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Learn SQL 2012
Microsoft is working on the next round of certification exams for SQL Server 2012. So now is the best time...
2011-12-28
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ETL from Oracle to SQL Server
I was recently asked to provide some performance tuning recommendations for an ETL process that extracts data from Oracle using...
2011-12-21
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Data Mining
Data mining techniques can be used in virtually all business applications, answering various types of businesses questions. In truth, given...
2011-12-14
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SQL Server 2008R2 BI Presenations
I recently gave a couple of presentations about the new Business Intelligence features in SQL Server 2008 R2. Here are...
2011-11-11
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Dimensional Modeling Financial Data in SSAS pt2
Unary Operator and Aggregating over time
In my last post I discussed how to arrange all of the GLs into a...
2011-11-03
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Dimensional Modeling Financial Data in SSAS
Part 1 – Parent Child Hierarchies and Pseudo GL Accounts
This post is born out of some real life lessons that I...
2011-10-26
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Blogs
Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones
By John
One of the more frustrating aspects about creating an Azure virtual machine is that...
Monday Monitor Tips: Native Replication Monitoring
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor has been able to monitor replication for a long term, but it...
Advice I Like: Art
By Steve Jones
Superheroes and saints never make art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art...
Forums
Think LSNs Are Unique? Think Again - Preventing Data Loss in CDC ETL
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Think LSNs Are Unique? Think...
The AI Bubble and the Weak Foundation Beam
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Question of the Day
A Big PK
In SQL Server 2025, how many columns can be included in a Primary Key constraint?
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