Updated Data Profiling in Power BI Desktop
In this month’s (October 2019) release of Power BI Desktop, they have added a ton of cool stuff, you can read all about it via the Power BI Blog. ...
2019-10-22 (first published: 2019-10-15)
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Blog Posts
Adding a License to GitHub
I’ve rarely thought about licensing my code, but it’s something to be aware of for your work. Most of us freely share code, though I have started to add...
2019-10-21
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Blogging – goal achieved – 72 days early
So I started blogging in 2016: So why blog….now? It is very interesting going back and reading that first blog post. It was mostly thanks to my late great...
2019-10-21
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Database Fundamentals #24: Filtering Data
If you’ve been reading these Database Fundamentals posts, you’ve already seen the WHERE clause because of your use of it when manipulating data with DELETE and UPDATE statements. It’s...
2019-10-21 (first published: 2019-10-14)
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Launching SQL Compare with Context
Years ago Redgate Software started some work to link our tools together. I remember early efforts, about which I had dubious thoughts as to the value. I hadn’t looked...
2019-10-21 (first published: 2019-10-14)
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Preparing for PASS Summit - Sessions!
This is the third 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, Washington.
So...
2019-10-21
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Weekly reading #29
The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...
2019-10-21
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Weekly reading #29
The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...
2019-10-21
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Last Week Reading (2019-10-20)
Hello folks! 2 weeks passed but eventually, I have some news for you. Press Support for Azure Databricks Instance pool for operationalizing Databricks workloads in Data Factory Public Preview...
2019-10-20
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“xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun” – git in terminal does not work after macOS upgrade to Catalina
This blog post is how to get git going after upgrading to Catalina (10.15). I use git as a method of storing all my presentations and work files. It...
2019-10-19
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Celebrate Success
By Steve Jones
“On the way to a grand goal, celebrate the smallest victories as if each...
Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion...
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