Let me just start this post with an apology to all of my readers, well both of you. There have been a lot of changes in my life lately and I’m been overwhelmed with demands on my time. I won’t go into details but those demands will be letting up soon, and I will [...]
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I mentioned in a previous article that many posts on T-SQL Merge read like Books Online. Speaking of Books Online, let’s start by glancing at the syntax portion of the T-SQL Merge Page. I’ll take the liberty of re-posting just the first 25% or so below.
[ WITH [,...n] ] The North Texas SQL Server User Group recently announced our next SQL Saturday. SQL Saturday 163 will be another business intelligence centric event, with a limited number of attendees. The last time we had an event like this, it sold out in less than 12 hours, so I’d urge everyone to sign up right away. I [...] This Saturday I’ll be down in Houston presenting at SQL Saturday #107. I can’t wait to hang out with some of the best minds in SQL Server, which just happen to be great friends of mine as well. The abstract for my session is below. Data Warehousing – How to Convince “The Bobs”
I got [...] Recently I’ve received several emails with the same basic theme. I was sought out because I am a Business Intelligence Consultant and they want to know whether the career would be good for them. Well, it’s hard to read a short synopsis of someone’s experience and recommend a life altering directional change. So, I decided [...] This is a quick script which creates a table consisting of State Names and their corresponding Abbreviations. I use this table when doing basic data quality checking and also standardizing state designations. CREATE TABLE dbo.StateLookup While performing some SQL programming work for a client they mentioned a problem they had with a vendor. I won’t name the vendor but I will say that it rhymes with Made2Damage. Anyway, the client spent most of the day trying to fix a problem with the help of telephone support. Hours were spent on [...] As I’ve mentioned before, the Made2Manage Favorites Bar is a buggy mess. I regularly get questions from my clients and readers of this blog asking why M2M screens return incorrect data or otherwise misbehave. One of my first suggestions to them is to disable the favorites bar. However, disabling the bar isn’t intuitive so I [...] Like many of you, I have been finalizing my PASS Summit plans, getting ready for the trip to Seattle. For the past week, my girlfriend has been asking weird questions like, “Have you packed your sun screen?” This makes no sense because there’s no way I’ll get a sunburn in Seattle in October. When I [...] Like many other technical bloggers, I receive requests for help on a regular basis. Since I’m constantly learning and evolving I approach others for help as well. A couple of years ago, I received an email from a new reader which began with: Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an [...] |
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