Metadata Hygiene
Those who follow my blog know that I write a lot about data quality. Measuring and improving the quality of...
2017-03-09
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Tim Mitchell
Loading to Azure from On-Prem SSIS
In my introduction to the topic of using SSIS in the cloud, I noted that SSIS is not currently available...
2017-03-02
425 reads
The Psychology of Value
J.C. Penney is one of the oldest and most storied retailers still in existence in the United States. For years,...
2017-03-02
378 reads
Is Your Database App Ready for the Cloud?
The cloud has evolved. Just a few years ago, cloud-based applications were the exception rather than the rule, and on-premises...
2017-03-03 (first published: 2017-02-24)
2,205 reads
Digital Privacy is the Wild West
Who has the legal right to access your personal and private digital assets? The answer can be complex, and will...
2017-02-27 (first published: 2017-02-23)
1,498 reads
Managing Bad Data
In the last post in my ongoing series about ETL best practices, I discussed the importance of error handling in ETL...
2017-02-21 (first published: 2017-02-16)
2,205 reads
Retrieve a List of Files from FTP using SSIS
The FTP protocol is one of the oldest methods for sharing and moving files. Although frequently considered to be an “old-school”...
2017-01-27 (first published: 2017-01-20)
1,506 reads
Upcoming Class: Building Better SSIS Packages in Pensacola
I’ll be teaching my popular day-long course, Building Better SSIS Packages, on Thursday, June 1 in Pensacola, Florida. This class...
2017-01-17
367 reads
Why Data Warehouse Projects Fail
Data warehouse projects are among the most visible and expensive initiatives an organization can undertake. Sadly, they are also among...
2017-01-10
1,099 reads
What is ETL?
In my ongoing series on ETL Best Practices, I am illustrating a collection of extract-transform-load design patterns that have proven...
2017-01-16 (first published: 2017-01-06)
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Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers