TF-IDF in .NET for Apache Spark Using Spark ML v2
Spark ML in .NET for Apache Spark Apache Spark has had a machine learning API for quite some time and this has been partially implemented in .NET for Apache...
2020-12-19
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Blog Posts
ASF 035: Alex Yates interview (part 2)
Introduction Alex is a Data Platform MVP who loves DevOps. He’s has been helping data professionals apply DevOps principles to relational database development and deployment since 2010. He’s most...
2020-12-18
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AutoCorrect in Git
I can’t believe autocorrect is available, or that I didn’t know it existed. I should have looked, after all, git is smart enough to guess my intentions. I learned...
2020-12-18 (first published: 2020-12-07)
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Daily Coping 18 Dec 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-12-18
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ETL Antipattern: Failure to Test and Validate
“If it compiles, it works.” – An unemployed developer Building ETL processes is quite easy. Building ETL processes that deliver accurate results as quickly as possible is substantially more...
2020-12-18
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ETL Antipattern: Failure to Test and Validate
“If it compiles, it works.” – An unemployed developer Building ETL processes is quite easy. Building ETL processes that deliver accurate results as quickly as possible is substantially more...
2020-12-18
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Is On-premises SQL Server Still Relevant?
Unequivocally, yes on-premises SQL Server Instances are still relevant. While I’m a firm believer that the cloud is not a fad and is not going away, it’s just an...
2020-12-18 (first published: 2020-12-11)
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Daily Coping 17 Dec 2020
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-12-17
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ETL Antipattern: Failing to Treat ETL Logic as Source Code
In most data projects, building the extract-transform-load (ETL) logic takes a significant amount of time. Enterprise ETL processes must do several things well: retrieve enough data to satisfy the...
2020-12-17
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ETL Antipattern: Failing to Treat ETL Logic as Source Code
In most data projects, building the extract-transform-load (ETL) logic takes a significant amount of time. Enterprise ETL processes must do several things well: retrieve enough data to satisfy the...
2020-12-17
10 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
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Dynamic Unpivot
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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