Author: tom
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Create my own data warehouse
I had the time to create a small example data warehouse. As sourcing system, I used the Northwind database. This is an example database that is provided by Microsoft. It is a really nice database: about 13 tables and tables loaded with 3- 2200 records. I created a set of extraction scripts on this. This…
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Google Refine
I am subscribed to several blogs. One such blog is a blog from Dylan Jones that is maintained from the “Data Quality Pro community”. From this blog I got the suggestion to investigate Google Refine. And it was surely a worthwhile investment. Google Refine is a tool that is acquired by Google to improve data…
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Moving to Joomla
Previous pages can be found here I had a site previously. This was basically a standard HTML based site to which comments were added over time. Above link brings you back to these pages. But only a few days ago, I discovered Joomla. This Joomla is a template that allows you to add comments and…
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Northwind database
Microsoft proposed the “Northwind Database” as an example data database. It is a very interesting database as it provides us with a database that allows us to exercise with new techniques. This was also the purpose of the Northwind database: to show implementations of Microsoft applications. It can also be used to test other applications,…
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NAS Server
Recently I bought a NAS server. Just to store some files, photos and one or two movies that came across. To be honest, I did not realise how much software was added to this NAS. When I opened the admin page, I was almost shocked with the tons of software that came across: MySQL, PHP,…