“[Error] [JvmBridge] java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver” - unable to connect spark to Microsoft SQL Server.
In spark when you want to connect to a database you use Read() passing in...
2019-10-01
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Last week we looked at how implicit conversions and datatype precedence can cause SQL Server to output unexpected results (if you aren't aware of how it...
2019-10-01
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Watch this week's video on YouTube
Last week we looked at how implicit conversions and datatype precedence can cause SQL Server to output unexpected results (if you aren't aware of how it...
2019-10-01
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Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. Last week we looked at how implicit conversions and datatype precedence can cause SQL Server to output unexpected results (if you aren’t aware of how...
2019-10-01
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In this post we saw how to create some graph tables with data. In this I will explore simple queries off of this data and how they compare with...
2019-10-01 (first published: 2019-09-21)
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Data exploration is an essential piece of any new ETL (extraction-transformation-load) process. Knowing the structure, type, and even the semantics of data sources can help the ETL developer or...
2019-10-01 (first published: 2019-09-23)
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Back in February, Sean McCown joined us on the Undercover podcast and presented a brilliant tutorial on the SMO. We thought that it was so good that we’ve decided...
2019-10-01
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September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...
2019-10-01
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September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...
2019-10-01
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No, the answer isn’t because you’re a DBA. This isn’t a technical post about databases, but rather a discussion of a statistical paradox that I read about recently. Statistics...
2019-10-01
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By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
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