SSIS and Data Quality Webcast
On Thursday the 2nd of May, I’ll be giving a webcast for MSSQLTips.com about data quality and SSIS. The abstract: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) has been around for...
2019-04-10
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Blog Posts
Uppercase All String Columns (and in a Single Query!)
(last updated: 2019-03-21 @ 15:00 EST / 2019-03-21 @ 19:00 UTC )
Intro
The other day, Steve Jones published a short post with a quick...
2019-04-10 (first published: 2019-03-20)
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Using a home-grown Azure Blob Storage solution for SQL Server backups
I’m here for the small organizations, the shops that can’t afford expensive solutions to maintain their environments. I’m here for them because that’s me: the one-person consultancy. I’ve built...
2019-04-10
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Data Type Precedence and Implicit Conversions
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server needs to make sure data types match when performing operations that involve multiple pieces of data.
When the data types do not match,...
2019-04-09
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Data Type Precedence and Implicit Conversions
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server needs to make sure data types match when performing operations that involve multiple pieces of data.
When the data types do not match,...
2019-04-09
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Delete activity in Azure Data Factory - Cleaning up your data files
(2019-Mar-20) File management may not be at the top of my list of priorities during data integration projects. I assume that...
2019-04-09 (first published: 2019-03-20)
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Making Databases Personal
If you can use a database to create automation routines to help sustain your work life, you can certainly do the same to sustain your personal life. Databases are...
2019-04-09
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Making Databases Personal
If you can use a database to create automation routines to help sustain your work life, you can certainly do the same to sustain your personal life. Databases are...
2019-04-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #113 – What Do I Use MY Databases For?
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday blog is brought to us by Todd Kleinhans (b | t) and this month topic is about what you use databases in your personally life. ...
2019-04-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #113 – What Do I Use MY Databases For?
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday blog is brought to us by Todd Kleinhans (b | t) and this month topic is about what you use databases in your personal life. ...
2019-04-09
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
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...
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