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Installing go-task
This tool is great for cross-platform shell scripting as it runs all the commands in the Taskfile.yml using a built in go shell library that supports bash syntax...
2020-10-30
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Blog Posts
Welcome to 3Cloud …
A little over a month ago, Pragmatic Works Consulting was a part of a merger that included 3Cloud and Applied Cloud Services over a period of a few months....
2020-10-30 (first published: 2020-10-23)
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Blog .NET for Apache Spark UDFs Missing Shared State
The Problem When you use a UDF in .NET for Apache Spark, something like this code:
class Program { static void Main(string args) { var spark = SparkSession.Builder().GetOrCreate(); _logging.AppendLine("Starting Select");...
2020-10-29
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Blog .NET for Apache Spark UDFs Missing Shared State
The Problem When you use a UDF in .NET for Apache Spark, something like this code:
class Program { static void Main(string args) { var spark = SparkSession.Builder().GetOrCreate(); _logging.AppendLine("Starting Select");...
2020-10-29
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Daily Coping 29 Oct 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...
2020-10-29
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How do I test if a linked server works using T-SQL?
I get that linked servers are almost as despised as the dreaded cursor or (lord save us) NOLOCK, but they ... Continue reading
2020-10-29 (first published: 2020-10-27)
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Why I am running for the PASS Board in 2020
This blog post lists the reasons why I felt the need to run for a 2 year term.
2020-10-29 (first published: 2020-10-27)
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Adding a Check Constraint to a Table–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I had to do this the other day,...
2020-10-28 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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Azure Databricks and Azure Key Vault
The key vault should always be a core component of your Azure design because we can store keys, secrets, certicates thus abstract / hide the true connection string within...
2020-10-28
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Daily Coping 28 Oct 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...
2020-10-28
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Blogs
In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
By Steve Jones
One of the parts of getting older that really sucks is I seem to...
Leading Through the Noise: Harnessing Data in the Age of Digital Overload
By Chris Yates
The New Leadership Frontier In today’s digital landscape, leaders are no longer just visionaries....
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
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taking the rcsi dive
Hi, we put together an extract that runs every 15 minutes against what i...
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
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Minimum Change Tracking Retention
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Question of the Day
Minimum Change Tracking Retention
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=xxx);What is the minimum amount of time I can set? See possible answers