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

by saldeloera-1

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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

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

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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Secure Cached Plans

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Complex Data Processing with dbt Python Models: The Fabric Modern Data Platform

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Question of the Day

Secure Cached Plans

The DMV, sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, contains rows for each cached plan on an instance. In Azure SQL Database, not every used has rights to every database, as there does exist an instance behind each database. How is security handled for this DMV in Azure?

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