Making change sometimes comes out of painful situations.

More Gems from the SQL Prompt Treasure Chest

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Conferences, Classes, Events, and Webinars

Become the captain of your SQL Prompt ship by embarking on a voyage of discovery through the hidden treasures of the tool. You'll uncover features of the unknown that will enable you to write, format, analyze and refactor your SQL effortlessly. Join this webinar on December 16th to find out more.

Normal Forms

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SimpleTalk

Development

To prevent data change anomalies, a database should be normalized. Did you know that there are 10 normal forms? In this article, Joe Celko reviews normalizing databases including commonly used normal forms.

Basic Git for DBAs: Ignoring Files and Customizing Your Environment

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

This is the eighth article in a series on the basics of using Git. The other articles in the series are: Basic Git for DBAs: Getting Started with Git Basic Git for DBAs: Sharing Files Through GitHub Basic Git for DBAs: the Basics of Branches Basic Git for DBAs: Making Changes in GitHub Basic Git […]

Prized PII

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Do you know what data is most prized by criminals? The answer might surprise you.

Email Validation Simplified with Web API and SSIS

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MSSQLTips.com

Email based validation is more than just a simple RFC check, this is where Melissa's Global Email Verification with a web-based API and SSIS delivers valuable data to SQL Server Professionals.

What is a Data Catalog?

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Vendors/3rd-party Products

A data catalog allows an organization to discover and record the facts about its data, where that data is held and how it used. William Brewer explains the details.