T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year Redux 2020
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invited us to write about the gifts we’ve gotten during the year. I’ve decided to try to make this yearly habit. This year...
2020-12-16
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Blog Posts
Azure Synapse Analytics is GA!
(Note: I will give a demo on Azure Synapse Analytics this Saturday Dec 5th at 1:10pm EST, at the PASS SQL Saturday Atlanta BI (info) (register) (full schedule)) Great...
2020-12-15 (first published: 2020-12-04)
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Daily Coping 15 Dec 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-12-15
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ETL Antipattern: Lazy Metadata
If data is a train, then metadata is the track on which it travels. A good metadata definition in ETL processes will help to ensure that the flow of...
2020-12-15
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On table variable row estimations
At first glance, the question of how many rows are estimated from a table variable is easy. But, is it really that simple? Well, not really. To dig into...
2020-12-15
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Tracking costliest queries
Being a Database Developer or Administrator, often we work on Performance Optimization of the queries and procedures. It becomes very necessary that we focus on the right queries to...
2020-12-15 (first published: 2020-12-07)
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5 Things You Should Know About Azure SQL
Azure SQL offers up a world of benefits that can be captured by consumers if implemented correctly. It will not solve all your problems, but it can solve quite...
2020-12-14 (first published: 2020-12-04)
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Daily Coping 14 Dec 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-12-14
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ETL Antipattern: Performing Full Loads Instead of Incremental Loads
In my last post in the ETL Antipatterns series, I wrote about the common antipattern of ingesting or loading more data than necessary. This brief post covers one specific...
2020-12-14
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Ignoring Comments in SQL Compare
Recently I had a client that wanted to know how they could use SQL Compare to catch actual changes in their code, but not have comments show up as...
2020-12-14 (first published: 2020-12-02)
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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