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
557 reads
Sam Vanga
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
1,338 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
593 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
784 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
901 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
856 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
484 reads
Script to Populate Date Dimension, without Using a Cursor
Most of the scripts I've used to populate date dimension uses a cursor. Since data is loaded only once to...
2013-01-22
2,486 reads
Script to Populate Date Dimension, without Using a Cursor
Most of the scripts I’ve used to populate date dimension uses a cursor. Since data is loaded only once to...
2013-01-22
821 reads
SQL Server Views
This post is first of yet to come long series on basic concepts of SQL Server. I’ll begin with basic...
2013-01-22
792 reads
Blogs
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
Session Materials for Techorama & DataGrillen 2026
I’ve uploaded the slides for my Techorama session Microsoft Fabric for Dummies and my...
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