Dirty Data

  • wat is dirty data. how many ways is there if i want remove the dirty data in sql server 2005

  • "Dirty data" doesn't have a precise definition. One definition of it is data inside the system in an uncommitted state. It's in the middle of a transaction and therefore, dirty. But that's not one that you have to do anything to "clean up." When the transaction commits or rolls back, the "dirty" data goes away.

    You may be talking about incorrect data. Meaning the data entry was 'Tulsa, New York' instead of 'Tulsa, Oklahoma' or 'NY' instead of 'NYC.' In this case, you have to do two things, first, design the database such that only the correct information can be put into the database. Second, fix the data. This can be a manual and tedious process. But for some data, say addresses, there are services that can validate an address.

    Other than that, it really depends on what you mean by "dirty"

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    "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
    - Theodore Roosevelt

    Author of:
    SQL Server Execution Plans
    SQL Server Query Performance Tuning

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