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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I have listed below the top questions I see from customers about Azure Synapse Analytics and Power BI, and the blogs that I have written that try to answer...
2020-10-28 (first published: 2020-10-22)
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This blog covers the content and points to the code used to create the demos in my Azure SQL Database Elasticity presentations. As of today, I have presented this...
2020-10-27 (first published: 2020-10-20)
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By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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