Stairway to Snowflake Level 7 - Snowflake Tables
In this next level of the Stairway to Snowflake we examine the wide variety of table types that exist in the platform.
2025-05-21
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Snowflake
Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Snowflake has its own CLI tool: SnowSQL. In this level of the Stairway Series learn how to work with this dialect in Snowflake and Visual Studio Code.
2025-05-16 (first published: 2024-11-20)
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Load Data into Snowflake Using Python with Pandas
Loading data into Snowflake is a common need. Using Python and pandas is a common go-to solution for data professionals
2025-04-21
Stairway to Snowflake Level 6 - Creating and Cloning Snowflake Databases
In this next level of the Stairway to Snowflake, learn about creating and dropping databases, with some options for cloning from different sources.
2025-01-15
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Stairway to Snowflake Level 4 - Introducing Snowsight, Snowflake’s Web UI
This next level of the Stairway to Snowflake looks at the Snowsight UI and what you can accomplish with it.
2024-11-12 (first published: 2024-10-23)
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Bridging Snowflake and Azure Data Stack: A Step-by-Step Guide
This article shows how to access Snowflake information from Synapse Analytics.
2024-06-03
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Data Transfer from Snowflake to Azure Blob using Synapse Analytics
Two of the top cloud services right now are Azure Synapse and Snowflake. Whatever your organization is implementing or if you need to transfer data to/from those services, it is important to know how to interconnect them and be able to transfer data between services.
2023-06-09
Snowflake for SQL Server Developers - NULL Functions - Part 2
Learn about NULL functions that exist in Snowflake but not in SQL Server like NVL2, ZEROIFNULL, EQUAL_NULL, and IS_NULL_VALUE.
2023-03-06
Useful Commands for Snowflake Transactions
In this article, we look at how to create transactions when using Snowflake along with several commands specific to working with transactions.
2023-01-11
Stairway to Snowflake Level 3 – Configure Snowflake with Your Cloud Account
Learn how you can configure a Snowflake account in your cloud database and load data.
2024-10-31 (first published: 2021-12-01)
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