TF-IDF in .NET for Apache Spark Using Spark ML
Last Updated: 2020-10-18
NOTE: What you read here was before .NET for Apache Spark 1.0 which includes everything we need to do this purely in .NET - in this post...
2020-07-07
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TF-IDF in .NET for Apache Spark Using Spark ML
Spark ML in .NET for Apache Spark Spark is awesome, .NET is awesome, machine learning (ML) is awesome, so what could be better than using .NET to write ML...
2020-07-07
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Upload files to ADLS Gen2
I discover a small new feature the other day, but a very useful one. Previously, there was no way to upload files to an ADLS Gen2 storage account via...
2020-07-07 (first published: 2020-06-22)
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Azure Data Engineer Associate
You can read about all the new role based qualifications from Microsoft here – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/certification-overview.aspx Today I want to talk about the Azure Data Engineer one from my experience...
2020-07-06
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Daily Coping 6 Jul 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-07-06
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Database Fundamentals #26: The Primary Key War
There is a war about primary keys in the database world. There are two camps. The first camp believes that primary keys should only ever be created on meaningful...
2020-07-06 (first published: 2020-06-22)
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Three Ways to Create a Temp Table
Taking it back to SQL 101 today because I recently saw something that floored me. I’m a big fan of temp tables. I use ’em all over the place...
2020-07-06 (first published: 2020-06-23)
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Daily Coping 3 Jul 2020
I’ve 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...
2020-07-03
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Open Letter to PASS
As you know, I spoke to 12 Chapter Leaders and 4 Regional Mentors yesterday. All are very upset with PASS right now and feel slighted, which as a volunteer...
2020-07-03 (first published: 2020-06-19)
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PASS – Meanderings
As most people reading this would know…the PASS organization is in a state of crisis now following the decision to go virtual. We are in a place where we...
2020-07-03 (first published: 2020-06-20)
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BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers