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Introducing: Dirty Master Data Management Application

Introducing: Dirty Master Data Management Application

This is a side project of mine, something to keep me out of mischief at home. My aim for this project is to be an example/template/starting point for using flask for a quick (and dirty) approach to a Master Data Management (MDM) application AKA a Data Warehouse Management Application (DWMA).

Dates In SQL Server

Dates In SQL Server

Some time ago what started as one article on dates and their value, turned into a mini-series (nearly as engaging as The Queens Gambit). I kept finding more to say about dates and examples to give. I’m now pulling them together with a little narrative.

How to move tables, indexes and partitions to a different tablespace in Oracle

How to move tables, indexes and partitions to a different tablespace in Oracle

I had a case where I needed to move objects to a new tablespace, quite a few objects. As there was a lot of objects (tables, indexes and partitions) I decided to automate the code creation from the database metadata. Moving Objects To A New Tablespace The first thing to understand is how to move…

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Querying SQL Server with something LIKE a regular expression

Querying SQL Server with something LIKE a regular expression

Most of us are familiar with the LIKE command in SQL Server (and other DBMS environments), but few venture beyond simple text matching and the ‘%’ wildcard. It’s ability to use some regular expression (a.k.a. regex or regexp) syntax is a surprise to many. For this article, I’m assuming that readers have already used the…

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Object Catalog Views: Table Metadata

Object Catalog Views: Table Metadata

It’s handy to programmatically get metadata on tables (column names and datatypes), either to review implementation, or as part of a process automating code creation.

Partitions in SQL Server: A collection Of Thoughts

Partitions in SQL Server: A collection Of Thoughts

Like when I started writing about Dates in SQL Server, a couple of notes on partitioning has turned into a series… And not one I’m so happy with (I had a lot to cover and at the same time a lack of a bigger picture direction). Rather than ramble on about aspects of partitioning in…

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