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
62 reads
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
93 reads
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
35 reads
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
52 reads
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
42 reads
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
132 reads
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
77 reads
.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
40 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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