A Better Definition of Business Intelligence
At one point I considered asking my boss to formally change my job title to “Business Intelligence Application Architect.” Although that’s the contemporary way to refer to the type of work I do, I faced enough blank stares at the sound of it to change my mind. Still, those blank stares got me thinking about [...]
Solving problems importing data into MS Access
Most of my business time is spent with Oracle, SQL Server and Cache databases, but for minor ETL tasks too big for Excel and too small for Informatica, I often break out Microsoft Access. When importing data into Access, I sometimes get its dreaded Import Errors or experience other problems. I commonly run into these [...]
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