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Data Lineage,

Master Snowflake Data Lineage – Features, Tools & Best Practices

What is Snowflake data lineage? Imagine you’ve just touched down in a bustling, unfamiliar city you’re eager to explore. You step outside your hotel and realise you have no idea…
Uli Bethke November 27, 2024
Data Lineage,

SQL Visualisation Guide – Query Diagrams, Lineage & ERD

Have you ever inherited the SQL codebase from someone else where it is in a “bit of a mess”? 😁 Where you find nested CTEs (Common Table Expressions), stacked like…
Uli Bethke November 3, 2024
Snowflake,

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…
Uli Bethke June 21, 2024
Snowflake, flexter,

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.…
Uli Bethke June 3, 2024
Data Pipeline,

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…
Uli Bethke May 3, 2024
SQL Parser,

SQL Parsing for PostgreSQL Table and Column Audit Logging

PostgreSQL, or Postgres, is an open-source object-relational database system known for its reliability, data integrity, and robust features. It offers advanced data types, comprehensive extensibility, and strong community support. Its…
Uli Bethke December 8, 2023