How I Continuously Learn About SQL Server
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2019-07-16
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Blog Posts
Painless Synchronization of Azure Blob Storage with AWS S3
Synchronization
Moving data between two cloud providers can be painful, and require more provider scripting if doing api calls. For this, you can benefit from a tool that abstracts the...
2019-07-16
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SQL Engine basics: Caching data
SQL Server engine does an excellent job to optimize query performance and it has different methods to achieve this goal, one of these methods is the data caching.Data caching...
2019-07-16 (first published: 2019-07-05)
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Getting Your SQL Server Backup Footprint
Recently, I needed to be able to determine the total size for all the most recent full backups for certain servers. Luckily for me these particular servers were using...
2019-07-15 (first published: 2019-06-28)
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Know How to Restore SQL Database Without Backup Easily
Restore SQL Database Without Backup -Step By Step Guide
Microsoft SQL server is one of the best and the widely used relational database management system. The primary function of this...
2019-07-15 (first published: 2019-07-02)
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Power Platform Conference – 7/23-24/2019
Pragmatic Works is hosting a 2-day Power Platform online conference. If you are unable to get out to onsite conference but need some help with Microsoft Flow, PowerApps, or...
2019-07-15
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Refreshing dependent views after a DDL change
When you are in charge of databases with tons of objects, making a small change over an object can be difficult to replicate if you have a lot of...
2019-07-15
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sp_RestoreScript v1.4 – It’s Now Compatible with Case Sensitive Collations, Accepts Wild Cards in DB Names and Fixes A bug
sp_RestoreScript 1.4 is now out and ready for download from our GitHub, https://github.com/SQLUndercover/UndercoverToolbox/blob/master/sp_restorescript.sql New Features Compatible with case sensitive collations Now accepts wild cards in the @DatabaseName string, (‘Database1,Database2,SQL%’)...
2019-07-15
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spark-dotnet examples - reading and writing csv files
How do you read and write CSV files using the dotnet driver for Apache Spark?
I have a runnable example here:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples
Specifcally:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples/tree/master/examples/split-csv
Let's take a walkthrough of the demo:
Console.WriteLine("Hello Spark!"); var spark...
2019-07-15
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spark-dotnet examples - reading and writing csv files
How do you read and write CSV files using the dotnet driver for Apache Spark?
I have a runnable example here:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples
Specifcally:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples/tree/master/examples/split-csv
Let’s take a walkthrough of the demo:
Console.WriteLine("Hello Spark!"); var spark...
2019-07-15
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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