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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Check Database Size with DBCC_pdw_showspaceused

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There is a way to view the size of a particular PDW database using the DBCC_pdw_showspaceused command via the NEXUS...

2012-08-28

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations

by saldeloera-1

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There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) environment. With proper planning and attention to...

2012-08-27

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations

by saldeloera-1

Useful information and case studies covering Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, and Business Intelligence

There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data...

2012-08-27

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Tip: Usage of SYSDATETIME() vs GETDATE()

by saldeloera-1

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Usage of GETDATE() dates back to the earliest versions of SQL server and has become the primary blade in our...

2012-07-21

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Basics: CREATE TABLE and CTAS Syntax

by saldeloera-1

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After forgetting the syntax for temp tables a couple of times, I decided to write a brief overview of the...

2012-07-12

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SQL SERVER - CTRL+SHIFT+] Shortcut to Select Code Between Two Parenthesis

by saldeloera-1

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Reblogged from Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave:
Every weekend brings creative ideas and accidents brings best unknown secrets in...

2012-07-12

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Dynamic Multi-Threaded SSIS using C#

by saldeloera-1

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Here is a snippet of code that will assist in the dynamic ‘spin-up’ of duplicate SSIS packages. To put it...

2012-07-09

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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Lesson 1: – Basic Architecture Overview

by saldeloera-1

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I’ll begin my coverage of Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) architecture / appliance with a brief overview of the Massively Parallel...

2012-07-09

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SSIS How-To: Reuse Existing Connection Manager to Execute SQL in Script Task

by saldeloera-1

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There’s a myriad of examples out there on how to execute a sql task via OLEDB connections and C# in a...

2012-04-09

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Escaping Strings

The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?

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