Category: DataSource
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Back to Basics
Welcome to the New Year everyone! After debating with myself and talking to a few colleagues/peers over the last few weeks, I’ve decided that I have gotten away from my original sense of purpose for this blog. It’s time to fix that! My original idea was to have this blog be a place where people…
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Merging Data Sources – Part 3
Now, when I last posted, I’m sure you thought I was done talking about the MERGE statement. You are so wrong, compadre! One more post is absolutely needed! There are a few issues with the MERGE statement. Well, as of this writing, there are 361 possible issues according to Microsoft Connect – the actual website…
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Merging Data Sources Part II
The last time we were together, we learned how to use the MERGE statement when we wanted to insert rows that didn’t exist and update rows that didn’t. This time we’re going to add onto that. We’re adding the seldom used, but delightfully potent – delete rows that no longer exist in the original table.…
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Getting rid of data
In previous posts, we’ve talked about SELECTing data, INSERTing data, and UPDATEing data. Now, what do we do if we want to just get rid of the data? Now, in most scenarios, you really don’t want to get rid of data. As a data professional, it is definitely not a good idea to get rid…
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Reading from a data source
Last time we listed out several things that can be done with or to a data source. Now all of the examples we’ll be using in this series will use a database as a data source. It will allow us to discuss another of my favorite topics — SQL — while we talk about what…
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Data
The very definition of Data is the factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation. [Source] The data that I work with on a daily basis. The life blood of a company. Without data, no company can expect to make intellectual decisions that will affect their outcome positively. Without…