Change Tracking for Data Warehouse Loads (Webinar)
For data warehouse professionals, data change detection is is a central part of what we do. Accurately detecting new, changed,...
2016-03-01
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Tim Mitchell
Using Custom File Delimiters in SSIS
File-based ETL is usually dull. Most systems generate (or expect to consume) files that are delimited, with a common field...
2016-02-16 (first published: 2016-02-05)
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Using Change Tracking in SSIS
Recently, I wrote about how to get started with SQL Server change tracking, and I demonstrated a design pattern I...
2016-01-22
2,668 reads
Using SQL Server Change Tracking for Incremental Loads
Earlier this week I wrote about the basics of change tracking in SQL Server, and showed how to get started...
2016-01-28 (first published: 2016-01-20)
2,995 reads
Getting Started with Change Tracking in SQL Server
Change tracking for SQL Server is a flexible and easy-to-use technology for monitoring tables for inserts, updates, and deletes. In...
2016-01-18
1,079 reads
New Gear: Lenovo Yoga 900
For several months I’ve been eyeing a replacement for my aging Surface Pro 2. Although I’ve been pretty happy with...
2016-01-11 (first published: 2016-01-06)
2,423 reads
Technical Dogma
Humans are creatures of habit, and I suspect that engineering/technical types are even more so. We find something that works...
2016-01-04
443 reads
The Discomfort Zone
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I read a book entitled The Phoenix Project. This book has been in my Kindle library...
2015-12-04 (first published: 2015-12-01)
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PASS Summit 2015 Keynote – Day 2
Today is the second day of the SQL PASS Summit in Seattle, Washington. I’ll be live blogging today’s keynote address....
2015-10-29
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PASS Summit 2015 Keynote – Day 1
Today, I’ll be live blogging the SQL PASS 2015 keynote. Today is the third day of the PASS Summit, and...
2015-10-28
735 reads
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
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Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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