Slowly Changing Dimensions

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Managing Slowly Changing Dimension with MERGE Statement in SQL Server

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Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) Transformation is a quick and easy way to manage smaller slowly changing dimensions but it has several limitations and does not perform well when the number of rows or columns gets larger. Arshad Ali explores some of the alternatives you can use for managing larger slowly changing dimensions.

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2013-06-18

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