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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SQL Puzzle – Eight Queens on a Chess board
Here's a SQL Puzzle for the festive period. 2020 has been a year of many things but amongst it all, it has been the year of chess. The combined...
2020-12-24 (first published: 2020-12-15)
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Setting Defaults for New SQL Compare Projects
Recently I wrote about ignoring comments in SQL Compare. That seems like something I want to do in all my projects, so I went looking for how to set...
2020-12-23 (first published: 2020-12-14)
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Getting Started Reading Execution Plans: Highest Cost Operator
Reading execution plans in SQL Server is just hard. There’s a lot to learn and understand. I previously outlined the basics I use to get started when I’m looking...
2020-12-22 (first published: 2020-12-14)
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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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Introduction to SQL Server Query Store
Introduced with SQL 2016, Query Store was, probably without doubt, the most anticipated and talked out new feature. In this post we'll just take a brief look at it,...
2020-12-21 (first published: 2020-12-14)
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What exactly is a modern data warehouse?
G’day, I was asked recently what a modern data warehouse is – and that’s a vey thought provoking question. First, there’s the tag “Modern” – I think what’s modern...
2020-12-14
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ETL Antipattern: Processing Too Much Data
In my continuing series on ETL Antipatterns, I’ll discuss the problem of loading too much data in extract-transform-load processes. ETL Antipattern: processing too much data A common design flaw...
2020-12-13
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Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
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Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
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SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
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