Data Warehousing Explained
Why Warehouse
Data warehousing is the act of transforming application database into a format more suited for reporting and offloading it...
2017-05-14
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Gavin Draper
Using The SQL Server Merge Statement
Note : Since publishing this I’ve been notified that there are a number of outstanding issues with the SQL Server merge...
2017-05-08
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SQL Server Dynamic Pivot
Often when trying to pivot data you wont know what the possible values that you need to pivot on, in...
2017-05-07
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Using JSON In SQL Server 2016
The new JSON bits in SQL Server 2016 give you the ability to pull stuff out of JSON and to...
2017-05-06
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C#7 Show Me The New Stuff!
I’m going to walk through an example that we can build up and improve with a number of the new...
2017-05-05
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SQL Server Pivot and Unpivot Explained
The Pivot and Unpivot features in SQL Server are I find quite underused. For a long time I got by...
2017-05-04
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Why CROSS APPLY is AWESOME
CROSS APPLY was introducted as part of TSQL in SQL Server 2005. Origionally it was created as a way to...
2017-05-03
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Switch Your Site To HTTPS Using CloudFlare
SSL All the Things
Browsers are starting to highlight sites without SSL as insecure in a bid to push everyone to...
2017-04-26
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SQL 2016 Temporal Tables By Example
Brief Description
Temporal tables allow automated change tracking of a table directly in to a history table which can be queried...
2016-04-15
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.Net CLI Cross Platform Awesomeness
.Net CLI is the new tooling that sits in front of .Net Core, allowing you to create and run projects...
2016-02-07
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Blogs
A Couple Quick GENERATE_SERIES Tests
By Steve Jones
I had someone reach out about generate_series() recently, saying they hadn’t realized this was...
How I passed the DP-700 Exam
I recently took and passed the DP-700 exam, which is required for the Microsoft...
Which approach to take: Build it, buy it, cloud it?
As a Consultant, I would typically answer with – it depends! Then a typical...
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How to Download and Restore AdventureWorks 2019 Database
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Tracking Table Sizes
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Question of the Day
Counting Bits IV
What does this code return in SQL Server 2022+?
select bit_count(2.4)See possible answers