Tim Smith

Tim Smith works as a DBA and developer and also teaches Automating ETL on Udemy.

Tim consults for FinTek Development and teaches the course Automating ETL on Udemy. He's worked with technology since high school, helping his school win its first TCEA award and continues to work in automation, data architecture, back-end development, and smart contract architecture. Tim enjoys testing new technologies early in the diffusion of innovation curve and was an early adopter of NoSQL and smart contract development. He has a blog at http://www.fintekdev.com/ and helps contribute to local technical and financial events in Texas.

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Category	Tip Title
Application Development	Best Practices for Validating Applications With Database Architecture
Application Development	Key Value Pair Basics for SQL Server Data
Application Development	SQL Server Native Options For Reporting Live Data
Auditing and Compliance	Prevent Confidential Data at the Application Layer from getting into SQL Server
Azure	Automate Azure File Uploads and File Deletes With PowerShell
Azure	Automating A Heartbeat Check Against an Azure-SQL Database Using PowerShell
Azure	Setting Up Geo-Replication in SQL Azure
Azure	Solutions for AzureSQL LOG_RATE_GOVERNOR Waits
Azure	Three Useful Features In Azure-SQL For Growing Environments
Azure	Troubleshoot SQL Azure Bacpac Import Failures
Azure	Using Azure For Testing POCs and Designs With Lessons Learned
Azure Backup and Restore	Automate Retrieving SQL Azure Bacpacs With PowerShell
Azure Backup and Restore	Caution - Azure SQL Version 12 Restore Times Take Longer
Azure SQL Database	Add and Monitor Transparent Data Encryption to Azure SQL Databases
Azure SQL Database	Solutions for Azure SQL Database Throttle Log Wait of HADR THROTTLE LOG RATE GOVERNOR
Backup	Automate Tracking SQL Server Backup Times with PowerShell
Backup	Verify SQL Server Backups Existence in the File System with PowerShell
Backup	Zip and Copy SQL Server Backup Files with PowerShell
Compression	SQL Server Table and Index Compression Information With PowerShell
Data Types	Handling error converting data type varchar to numeric in SQL Server
Database Administration	4 Factors When Choosing to Automate SQL Server Tasks
Database Administration	Building Smarter Scripts for SQL Server Data Updates
Database Administration	Detecting Write-Protection Changes On Disks that Cause File Access Errors
Database Administration	Execute and Track T-SQL Script Executions with PowerShell
Database Administration	Finding SQL Server Objects that don't conform to Standards using PowerShell
Database Administration	Monitor SQL Server Database Size, Growth and Expected Growth with PowerShell
Database Administration	SQL Server Archive and Data Retention Considerations
Database Administration	SQL Server Video on Database Growth
Database Administration	Troubleshoot TFS SQL Server Slowdowns
Database Console Commands DBCCs	SQL Server Database Integrity Check Best Practices
Database Design	The Pros and Cons of Using T-SQL Soft Transactions
Dates	Handling Special Dates For SQL Server Metrics
DBA Best Practices	Automate Removal of Saved SQL Server Objects During Deployments
DBA Best Practices	T-SQL and PowerShell Documentation With Gists
Disaster Recovery	Simulating SQL Server Disaster Recovery Drills
Functions System	T-SQL: Capture Related Data and Return By Aggregates
Functions User Defined UDF	How To Calculate Behavioral Streaks in SQL Server Data
Hardware	Automate file cleanup on SQL Server drives using PowerShell
Import and Export	3 Solutions For Auditing Long SQL Server Extracts or Loads
Import and Export	Automating Flat File SQL Server Imports With PowerShell
Import and Export	Best Practices For Building Alerts for Using APIs with SQL Server
Import and Export	Considering Derived Values In ETL Flows
Import and Export	Non-Standard Delimiters for Columns and Rows Using SQL Server Bulk Insert
Import and Export	Pre-Validating Data with PowerShell Before Importing to SQL Server
Import and Export	Preventing Invalid Data Early In An ETL Flow
Import and Export	Retaining ETL Data from Files, APIs and Data Feeds
Import and Export	Solutions to Track Delayed SQL Server Transaction Latency
Import and Export	SQL Server Bulk Insert For Full Files, Misformatted Data and Unusual Characters
Import and Export	SQL Server Data Import System to Alert For Missed Imports
Import and Export	SQL Server Stored Procedure to remove outliers from data sets
Import and Export	SQL Server Video to Pre-Validate Data with PowerShell Before Importing
Import and Export	SQL Server Video to Remove Outliers from Data Sets
Import and Export	Techniques to Cleanse Bad Data in SQL Server
Import and Export	Techniques to handle timing issues and inconsistent data for SQL Server data loads
Import and Export	Troubleshooting Common SQL Server Bulk Insert Errors
Import and Export	Validate File Properties with PowerShell Prior to Import into SQL Server
Import and Export	What technologies are available in SQL Server to support ETL?
In Memory OLTP	Using SQL Server In-Memory Tables Within ETL Architecture
Indexing	SQL Server Clustered Columnstore Index Examples for ETL
Integration Services Development	Loop through Flat Files in SQL Server Integration Services
Integration Services Performance	Tracking Execution Times for SSIS Packages
Maintenance	Automate Out of Date SQL Server Statistics with PowerShell
Monitoring	Improve SQL Server Logging to Reduce Space and Troubleshooting Time
Monitoring	Monitor a Windows Service Interacting with SQL Server
Monitoring	SQL Server T-SQL Alerts for Standard and Custom Errors
PowerShell	4 Convenient Ways To Run PowerShell Scripts
PowerShell	6 Useful PowerShell Scripts to Help SQL Server DBAs and Developers
PowerShell	Call SQL Server Stored Procedures with PowerShell using Parameter Objects
PowerShell	Consider New Ideas for SQL Server Data Analysis
PowerShell	Create File with Content Using PowerShell
PowerShell	Debugging PowerShell Scripts
PowerShell	Develop and Debug PowerShell Scripts with MyInvocation
PowerShell	Execute SQL Server Stored Procedures from PowerShell
PowerShell	Executing scripts on multiple servers by SQL Server version and edition using PowerShell
PowerShell	Extract and convert all Excel worksheets into CSV files using PowerShell
PowerShell	Extracting API Data Using PowerShell and Loading into SQL Server
PowerShell	Getting Started with PowerShell File Properties and Methods
PowerShell	Getting the Count of Non-Null Values in a SQL Server Table with PowerShell
PowerShell	How to Query Arrays, Hash Tables and Strings with PowerShell
PowerShell	Limit Time Ranges In PowerShell for Calculations
PowerShell	Options For Reporting Errors In Catch Statements Using PowerShell
PowerShell	Parsing Strings From Delimiters In PowerShell
PowerShell	PowerShell and ADO.NET Connection String Settings for SQL Server
PowerShell	PowerShell and Hash Table Examples
PowerShell	PowerShell and Object-Level Math Functions
PowerShell	PowerShell and T-SQL Regular Expression Examples for SQL Server
PowerShell	PowerShell Parameters Part II - ValidateSet and ValidatePattern
PowerShell	PowerShell Regular Expression (RegEx) Video Examples for SQL Server
PowerShell	PowerShell Scripts for Obtaining File Metadata
PowerShell	Pre-validating Data in Delimited Files with PowerShell Prior to Importing to SQL Server
PowerShell	Reading Text Files With PowerShell For Configurations Part I
PowerShell	Rename and Move a File with PowerShell in a SQL Server Agent Job
PowerShell	SQL Server Video Automating Flat File Imports using PowerShell
PowerShell	SQL Server Video to Extract All Excel Worksheets into individual CSV files
PowerShell	SQL Server Video to Rename and Move a File using PowerShell
PowerShell	SQL Server Video Validate File Properties Prior to Importing Data
PowerShell	Update SQL Server Agent Job owner and Database owner with PowerShell
PowerShell	Use PowerShell to Determine the number DML operations in SQL Server Scripts
PowerShell	Using Nested Switch Statements In PowerShell
PowerShell	Using PowerShell to Check or Compare Values
PowerShell	Using PowerShell to Encode Files
PowerShell	Using PowerShell To Record SQL Server Virtual Log File (VLF) Growth
PowerShell	Using PowerShell With Configuration Tables in SQL Server
PowerShell	Validating PowerShell Parameters - Part I
PowerShell	Verify File Exists Using PowerShell
PowerShell	Video of 6 Useful PowerShell Scripts to Help SQL Server DBAs and Developers
PowerShell	Video on Text Mining SQL Server Data Using PowerShell
Professional Development Career Planning	SQL Server Database Development Career Questions
Professional Development Interview Questions Developer	Interview Questions for Hiring PowerShell Database Developers
Profiler and Trace	Automate Trace Imports With PowerShell
Replication	Addressing SQL Server Replication Violation of Primary Key Errors
Replication	Aggregate Functions to Validate Data for SQL Server Replication and ETL Processes
Replication	Queries For Debugging Bi-Directional SQL Server Merge Replication
Replication	Queries To Debug SQL Server Replication Issues
Replication	Queries to Monitor SQL Server Replication Backlog
Replication	Solving Table Drop Error Related to SQL Server Replication's sp_MStran_ddlrepl
Replication	Tracking SQL Server Replication Metadata Changes
Replication	Tracking SQL Server Replication Subscriber Schema Changes Disrupting Data Flow
Replication	Using PowerShell for SQL Server Replication Tracking
Restore	Time Testing SQL Azure Point In Time Database Restores
Security	Protect Confidential SQL Server Data Q and A
Security	Reflect on SQL Server Security Considerations After Recent Breaches
Security	Retaining File Information for ETL Security Analysis
Security	Review Minimum SQL Server Security Practices
SQL Injection	Validate Dynamic SQL to Prevent SQL Injection in SQL Server
SQL Server Agent	Find SQL Server Agent Jobs That Exist on One Instance and Not on Another Instance
SQL Server Agent	Using SMO With PowerShell To Obtain SQL Server Job Information
Stored Procedures	Finding SQL Server objects that reference invalid objects
Stored Procedures	Finding Unused SQL Server Stored Procedures With PowerShell
Stored Procedures	Sequential Execution of SQL Server Stored Procedures
Stored Procedures	SQL Server T-SQL Stored Procedure Design to Handle Varying Default Values
Stored Procedures	SQL Server video to find objects that reference invalid objects
Triggers	Disable SQL Server Triggers with PowerShell
Triggers	Find All SQL Server Triggers to Quickly Enable or Disable
TSQL	Auto Rename SQL Server Tables and Their References with PowerShell
TSQL	Calculating Median Absolute Deviation with T-SQL Code in SQL Server
TSQL	Executing Code Every Nth Percent of the Time with T-SQL
TSQL	Finding Spreads in Data Ranges Using T-SQL
TSQL	PowerShell and Text Mining Part I: Word Counts, Positions and Libraries
TSQL	Reporting Techniques With SQL Server Text Mining (Part II)
TSQL	Simple T-SQL Code Comparison With PowerShell
TSQL	Summarize Metrics with SQL Server T-SQL Code
TSQL	T-SQL Techniques For Mapping Ceteris Paribus Variables
TSQL	Two T-SQL Alternatives For Tracking Changes
TSQL	Using T-SQL for Finding Narrowing Ranges of Data

Tutorial	Topic
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Using Regular Expressions With T-SQL: From Beginner To Advanced
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Introduction to Alphabetic Regular Expressions for T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Precise Alphabetic Filtering With Regular Expressions for T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Case Sensitivity and Regular Expressions for T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Introduction to Numeric Regular Expressions for T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Precise Numerical Filtering With Regular Expressions for T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Using Regular Expressions to Find Special Characters with T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Excluding Characters With Regular Expressions with T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Regular Expressions Business Case Examples with T-SQL
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Regular Expressions with T-SQL Summary
SQL Server Regex Tutorial	Get Free SQL Tips - SQL Server Regex Tutorial

Category	Topic
TSQL	Development Tips for SQL Server

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