Power BI: Making Date & Time Keys
Saving the Day from Delay Part 2 Creating DateKey and TimeKey columns can be done with built in functions in the Power Query editor. Quick call out, if you...
2021-01-18
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Blog Posts
Renaming Files by Padding Numbers with PowerShell
Some time ago I had downloaded all the SQL Saturday XML files. I’ve been meaning to flatten those into a database, but that project keeps getting away from me....
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 1 - Group By
I have been playing around with the new Azure Synapse Analytics, and I realised that this is an excellent opportunity for people to move to Apache Spark. Synapse Analytics...
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 1 - Group By
I have been playing around with the new Azure Synapse Analytics, and I realised that this is an excellent opportunity for people to move to Apache Spark. Synapse Analytics...
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 2 - ROW_NUMBER()
The next example is how to do a ROW_NUMBER(), my favourite window function.
T-SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY dateTime) as RowNumber FROM chicago.safety_data Spark SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER...
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 2 - ROW_NUMBER()
The next example is how to do a ROW_NUMBER(), my favourite window function.
T-SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY dateTime) as RowNumber FROM chicago.safety_data Spark SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER...
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics Spark Example 1 - Group By
I have been playing around with the new Azure Synapse Analytics, and I realised that this is an excellent opportunity for people to move to Apache Spark. Synapse Analytics...
2021-01-18
45 reads
Synapse Analytics Spark Example 2 - ROW_NUMBER()
The next example is how to do a ROW_NUMBER(), my favourite window function.
T-SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY dateTime) as RowNumber FROM chicago.safety_data Spark SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER...
2021-01-18
419 reads
How to get data in a DataFrame via .NET for Apache Spark
When I first started working with Apache Spark, one of the things I struggled with was that I would have some variable or data in my code that I...
2021-01-17
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How to get data in a DataFrame via .NET for Apache Spark
When I first started working with Apache Spark, one of the things I struggled with was that I would have some variable or data in my code that I...
2021-01-17
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Blogs
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Monday Monitor Tips: ServiceNow Integration
By Steve Jones
Earlier this year I visited a customer that was using the Redgate Monitor webhook...
Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees
By Zikato
TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
What is returned? See possible answers