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SQL Data Discrepancy check
Before suggesting a specific solution, could you clarify what exactly you're trying to achieve?
Are you looking for SQL queries or built-in SQL Server/SSMS features that can help you identify data quality issues such as NULL values, duplicates, invalid data, or missing relationships between tables? Or are you looking for something else?
Also, do you want to perform these checks manually as a one-time data quality assessment, or are you planning to build an automated process that validates your data regularly, for example, after each Excel/CSV import?
Depending on your goal, there are several possible approaches. You could simply inspect the tables in SSMS, write a few T-SQL queries using system catalog views, develop a more comprehensive data validation script, or even use a dedicated third-party data quality tool.
Each approach has its advantages, so understanding what you want to accomplish would help to recommend the most appropriate solution rather than suggesting something unnecessarily complicated