5 Tips for Becoming a Better Data Modeler
5 quick tips to help you become a better data modeler and increase your value to your team and organization.
2008-02-19
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Data Modeling
The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 5
Part 5 looks at beginning with a Data Governance Best Practice Assessment
2008-02-14
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The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 4
If you have considered deploying a Data Governance program at your organization, the chances are that you have asked the following question: "Where does Data Governance fit into the Organization?"
2008-02-07
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The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 3
In this article I will settle down a little bit and share with you tools that I have used as part of the data governance trade.
2008-01-31
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The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 2
Data governance is NOT a methodology. Data governance is about authority and discipline over the management of data but not THE method in which the data is governed.
2008-01-24
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It's All About the Data
It would be wonderful to be able to simple purchase a tool or technology and have your data challenges disappear. It is time to step back and take a much needed different look at data.
2008-01-15
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Toward Integrity Part 4
An exploration of the process of translating a conceptual model to a logical model, and ultimately, a faithful implementation using T-SQL.
2007-12-27
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Toward Integrity Part 3
An exploration of the process of translating a conceptual model to a logical model, and ultimately, a faithful implementation using T-SQL.
2007-12-17
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Toward Integrity - Part 2
An exploration of the process of translating a conceptual model to a logical model, and ultimately, a faithful implementation using T-SQL.
2007-12-10
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Toward Integrity - Part 1
An exploration of the process of translating a conceptual model to a logical model, and ultimately, a faithful implementation using T-SQL.
2007-12-03
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ORDER BY alias
There is a table tmp_tab:
CREATE TABLE tmp_tab ( id int, val int );
INSERT INTO tmp_tab VALUES (1, 1), (2, NULL), (3, 3), (4, 4), (5, 5);You want to order the rows ids by the following expression:
ISNULL(val, id) + 1Which of the following queries produces the expected ordering and why? (Select all correct) See possible answers