Analyzing Baby Names using Power BI
Me and my wife are contemplating names for our first baby we’re expecting in a couple of months! We don’t...
2015-06-16
797 reads
Samuel Vanga
Team-based Database Development: Playing Nice With Others
Here are the slides and links to awesome resources for my presentation, “Team-based Database Development: Playing Nice With Others”
If you...
2014-04-29
2,646 reads
Read Flat File Contents to Variable – Write Variable Value to Flat File
When working with SSIS, you’ll often find the need to read the contents of a flat file to a variable,...
2014-04-22 (first published: 2014-04-08)
7,572 reads
Presenting Biml and Team-based Development at PASSDC and BSSUG
I’m excited to present two different sessions in April at DC SQL Server User Group and at Baltimore SQL Server User Group. I...
2014-04-03
544 reads
Automate T-SQL Merge For Loading Dimensions
If you’re a data warehouse developer, chances are you use T-SQL Merge statement to process slowly changing dimensions. If you’ve...
2014-02-05
1,331 reads
Get Rid of These 5 T-SQL Bad Habits with SQL Prompt
We all have bad habits. Maybe we eat too many snacks, spend too much time on the couch watching TV,...
2014-01-21
585 reads
Standardize Table Aliases
What's wrong with the following code?
tsqlLine number Off | Hide | Select allSELECT a.[BusinessEntityID] , b.[FirstName] , b.[LastName]FROM[HumanResources].[Employee] a INNER JOIN [Person].[Person] b ON...
2013-03-05
779 reads
Standardize Table Aliases
What’s wrong with the following code?
SELECT
a.[BusinessEntityID]
, b.[FirstName]
, b.[LastName]
FROM [HumanResources].[Employee] a
INNER JOIN [Person].[Person] b
ON b.[BusinessEntityID] = a.[BusinessEntityID]Nothing – except for my...
2013-03-05
894 reads
Sparklines and Conditional Formating in SSRS
When creating a SSRS report, you want to add lines that display trends. You want to show trends for more...
2013-02-26
851 reads
Sparklines and Conditional Formating in SSRS
When creating a SSRS report, you want to add lines that display trends. You want to show trends for more...
2013-02-26
478 reads
Blogs
Why is shrinking IT budgets a good thing?
Each year around this time, companies enter the familiar ritual of budgeting. For many,...
Reverse Engineering a Physical Model Diagram
By Steve Jones
I recently wrote about a logical diagram with Redgate Data Modeler. That was interesting,...
Prepping for Certification, Part 3 of ?
By Brian Kelley
After I have understood the details for a certification test (part 1), including format...
Forums
Best analysis approach to reduce data type length in multiple tables
Hello SSC, I hope everyone is having a happy and safe holiday season! I...
Do you separate data/log files and TempDB files on different disks using AWS EC2
Hello, I am receiving multiple direction on deploying SQL Servers in AWS EC2. ...
Service account being in local admin in AWS EC2 environment?
Hello, I am working with a company on their database administration. I am trying...
Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers