How We Handled a Vendor Retry That Loaded Twice in Snowflake
The vendor file arrived twice overnight, Snowflake loaded both copies without complaining, and finance found the problem before the pipeline did.
2026-07-01
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The vendor file arrived twice overnight, Snowflake loaded both copies without complaining, and finance found the problem before the pipeline did.
2026-07-01
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Learn about transaction ID wraparound in PostgreSQL, which caused a problem for the author.
2026-02-23 (first published: 2026-02-13)
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Learn how backup and restore work in Azure SQL Hyperscale in this next level in the stairway series.
2025-12-17
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In this level, we learn about the database file size growth in Hyperscale.
2025-12-03
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Learn about filtered indexes in SQL Server, how they work, and how they can help improve performance.
2025-11-24
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Learn about unlogged tables and how they work in PostgreSQL.
2025-11-21
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Learn about a MySQL feature that could be useful in some scenarios for SQL Server.
2025-11-10
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Learn about how the Log Service helps manage transactions in the Hyperscale Tier.
2025-10-29
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Learn about implicit transaction and why you might not want to enable this setting.
2025-10-24
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In this level of the Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale we learn about the read-only layer that speeds up queries.
2025-10-08
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Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers