Data Warehousing Tip #7 – How I build a time dimension
In this article I’m going to show you how I build my time dimensions. There are lots of different ways...
2019-02-26 (first published: 2019-02-04)
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Classify your Azure SQL Database
Here I am talking about SQL Data Discovery & Classification feature that is built into Azure SQL Database. With this feature you...
2019-02-04
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Weekly reading #1
Damian. My name is Damian. Maybe you already know me from the previous blog which I had to leave. I...
2019-02-04
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Tidier PowerShell Scripts with Default Parameter Values
I was recently working on a PowerShell script to set up some new databases for my users and found myself writing the same things over and over again.
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2019-02-04
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#Python101 with Dominika
Take a look into first article about Python prepared by Dominika. You can find it here.
2019-02-03
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Last Week Reading (2019-02-03)
Press Webinar Follow-Up: Top 4 Data Technology Trends for DBAs in 2019 Very interesting discussion panel led by Kevin Kline...
2019-02-03
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SQLServerCentral SSAS Tabular Series: 5th Article Cleaning Up Dimensions
The fifth article in the SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Model has been released on SQLServerCentral.com. Please start at the beginning article before reading this one in order to...
2019-02-03
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SQLServerCentral SSAS Tabular Series: 5th Article Cleaning Up Dimensions
The fifth article in the SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Model has been released on SQLServerCentral.com. Please start at the...
2019-02-03
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Generating Insert Statements
G’day,
I been asked a few times lately the best way to generate INSERT statements.
I’d always replied to use SSMS.
I know...
2019-02-25 (first published: 2019-02-02)
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SQL Server Monitoring: What queries should you monitor?
I previously wrote about measuring wait statistics. This matters a lot, because you can track historically what wait statistics are...
2019-02-02
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The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
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