Cosmos DB Data Migration Between Containers using Databricks and PySpark
In this article learn how to use PySpark scripts in Azure Databricks service to copy data between Cosmos DB containers.
2021-11-05
Articles
Scripting with Flyway Teams and PowerShell
During the development cycle, the mechanics of reliable delivery must not be allowed to dominate the design work. With script callbacks in Flyway Teams, many of the development tasks required during a database migration can happen automatically, producing reports, build scripts, code reviews, or documentation.
2021-11-05
Azure Cosmos DB – HTAP using Azure Synapse Link
In this article, we will explore the HTAP capabilities of Cosmos DB. The goal is to derive real-time insights from transactional changes made to Cosmos DB, in a cost-effective manner with minimal overhead. I want the solution to be scalable, reliable and overall simple to maintain.
2021-11-03
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Automating Extended Events data collection
It’s not difficult to set up an extended event session, but reviewing and saving the data can be complex. In this article, Edward Pollack demonstrates how to collect extended event data.
2021-11-03
Don't miss out on 3 days of data platform training
PASS Data Community Summit is just a few days away—don't miss your chance to join the world's largest gathering of data platform professionals. Featuring over 250 sessions and speakers, Learning Pathways, keynotes, and networking opportunities, this is your chance to level up your data career. Registration is free!
2021-11-03
Configure the CData Cloud Add-On for Google Sheets
With Google Sheets you can create branded reports with data visualizations to share with your clients. Combined with CData Cloud, Google Sheets give you cloud-to-cloud access to data from the supported SaaS, Big Data and NoSQL sources for visualizations, dashboards, and more. In this article we explain how to use the CData Cloud Add-On to […]
2021-11-01
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dbatools - new functions for Database Mail
Background The dbatools module is broadly used and is an ever-growing set of useful commands. While looking for some inspiration I checked the old issues logged on the GitHub repository. Finally, I found this one Remove-DbaDbMail Profile and Account · Issue #4990 · sqlcollaborative/dbatools (github.com). The issue was more than 2.5 years old (32 months). […]
2021-11-01
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Secrets of Flyway Teams Undo
Flyway Teams has an Undo facility that enables you to roll back one or more migrations. This article demonstrates how it works and explains how Undo migrations make testing migration scripts easier and branch-based development simpler.
2021-11-01
SQL Server Network Related Performance Monitor Counters
In this article we cover which performance monitor counters to use to baseline and troubleshoot SQL Server network issues that may be causing performance issues.
2021-11-01
Logon monitoring in SQL Server and Azure Managed Instances - Adopting Extended Events
Intro In 2008 I wrote an article called “Scope: The drastic caveat with Logon Triggers.” Ever since, we have been using Event Notifications to capture logins for our SQL Server instances. Issues were only very rare, usually on servers that had an extreme load of many connections. In such a case, we stopped this continuous monitoring and […]
2021-10-29
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From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
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PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
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I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
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