How to Build a Basic Data Dictionary

Improve your SQL Server and Azure SQL database performance

Publish Date: 3/17/2022
Webcast
Duration: 1:04

In this session, we’ll teach you three methods for building a basic data dictionary useful for database administrators (DBAs), data engineers, and developers. The methods covered include:

  1. How to use the ANSI/ISO standard INFORMATION_SCHEMA to build a basic data dictionary from any existing database on Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server data platforms
  2. How to use a handful of system stored procedures to document an unformatted basic data diction for SQL Server and the Azure SQL data platform, i.e., the quick and dirty approach
  3. How to use a customized T-SQL toolkit to create a formatted basic data dictionary.

Improve not only your personal skillset, but also gain the potential to improve your SQL Server and Azure SQL database performance quickly and automatically.

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