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Last Week Reading (2019-10-27)

by Kamil

Azure Player Blog

Hello and good morning! We have Tuesday morning, which means I experienced a delay in this post. But finally, it is out and have a look at how much...

2019-10-29

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Preparing for PASS Summit - Odds and Ends

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

This is the final installment in my series of posts which I hope will help you (and me!) prepare for the upcoming PASS Summit November 4-8, 2019 in Seattle,...

2019-10-29

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SQL Server 2019 Feature Power Rankings

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch me comment on all of the features in this week’s video. With the release of SQL Server 2019 imminent, I thought it’d be fun to rank which features...

2019-10-29

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SQL Server 2019 Feature Power Rankings

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
With the release of SQL Server 2019 imminent, I thought it'd be fun to rank which features I am most looking forward to in...

2019-10-29

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SQL Server 2019 Feature Power Rankings

by Bert Wagner

Bert Wagner

Watch this week's video on YouTube
With the release of SQL Server 2019 imminent, I thought it'd be fun to rank which features I am most looking forward to in...

2019-10-29

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Switch activity in Azure Data Factory: Container with many IFs

by Rayis Imayev

Data Adventures

(2019-October-16) Developing conditional logic of your Azure Data Factory control flow has been simplified with introducing of the Switch activity - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/control-flow-switch-activity. Official documentation resource states, this new data factory activity "provides...

2019-10-29 (first published: 2019-10-16)

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The FAST number_rows Query Hint

by Monica Rathbun

SQLEspresso

Query hints are always about tradeoffs—typically you are giving up something, such as flexibility, to achieve more consistency, or very specific performance characteristic. One example of this migt when...

2019-10-29 (first published: 2019-10-16)

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What to Pack for PASS Summit

by Jen McCown

SQL Awesomesauce

In checklist form! Absolute I-probably-won’t-survive-without-this ESSENTIALS Wallet Prescriptions Glasses/contacts Phone and cord Laptop and cord (okay, maybe this is just me) A jacket (after all, Seattle) Generally A GOOD IDEA...

2019-10-29

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