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XSD to Database Schema Guide – Create SQL Tables Easily

Both databases and XML have a concept of schemas. In databases the schema is defined by Data Definition Language in XML it is defined by XML Schema Definition. Schemas whether…
Kristijan Berta September 5, 2024
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Complete Oracle XSD Guide – Register XSD & Validate XML

In this blog post we cover the most important aspects of working with XML Schema Definitions (XSD) in Oracle. Here is what you can expect from this article. We start…
Kristijan Berta August 2, 2024
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Iceberg Ahead! All you need to know about Snowflake’s Polaris Catalog

What is the Polaris Catalog? At the Snowflake Summit 2024 Snowflake’s CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy announced the Polaris Catalog during the main keynote speech. The announcement around the Polaris Catalog has…
Kristijan Berta June 21, 2024
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How to Parse & Flatten XML in Snowflake with Examples

In this post we cover every detail of parsing XML in Snowflake including storing, loading, querying, and parsing XML. Very few cloud data platforms have native support for parsing XML.…
Kristijan Berta June 3, 2024
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Data Orchestration Deep Dive Snowflake Tasks. An Airflow replacement? 

What are Snowflake Tasks Snowflake introduced Tasks for scheduling and orchestrating data pipelines and workflows in late 2019. The first release of Tasks only offered the option to schedule SQL…
Kristijan Berta May 3, 2024
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XML Conversion Using Python

XML Conversion Using Python in 2024

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a common data format for data exchange and used in various industry data standards such as ISO 20022, HL7, ACORD just to name a few.…
Kristijan Berta March 21, 2024