The 2021 Plan for SQLOrlando
Over the past couple years we’ve been slowly evolving from a fairly adhoc plan of doing what we did last year to a semi structured plan that was mainly...
2020-12-20
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Blog Posts
ETL Antipattern: Load Processes that Don’t Scale
One of the most significant design considerations in ETL process development is the volume of data to be processed. Most ETL processes have time constraints that require them to...
2020-12-19
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ETL Antipattern: Load Processes that Don’t Scale
One of the most significant design considerations in ETL process development is the volume of data to be processed. Most ETL processes have time constraints that require them to...
2020-12-19
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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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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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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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Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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From SQL Server On-Premises to Claude Desktop: How I built a Full MCP Pipeline
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