2007-04-27
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Design and Theory
2007-04-23
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2007-04-20
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2007-04-19
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2007-04-11
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Introduction to Data Warehousing Part 1
In Part 1 of this extensive series, Wes Dumey starts some of the core concepts of data warehousing. In this video he covers what a data warehouse is, why companies use them and what are some of the key components.
2007-03-21
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More Problems with Data Warehousing
In response to the first part, new author Richard Gardner brings us a few more issues that you should be aware of when planning
your data warehouse.
2007-03-20
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Mastering Enterprise BI: Time Intelligence Pt. II
BI Architect Bill Pearson continues his introduction to enhanced features in Analysis Services 2005 for Time Intelligence support. In this session, we examine new, wizard-driven features that support the easy addition of Time Intelligence within our cube.
2007-03-20
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Designing A Data Warehouse: Part 1 Dimension Types
In this first part of a multiple part series, Brian Knight shows the different types of slowly changing dimensions you'll use and the business reason for using each type.
2007-03-19
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2007-03-14
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Adding and Dropping Columns II
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) , [Country2] [char] (3), [stateprovince2] [char] (2), [Country] [char] (3), [stateprovince] [char] ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use? See possible answers