Azure Databricks – Introduction (Free Trial)
Microsoft’s Azure Databricks is an advanced Apache Spark platform that brings data and business teams together. In this introductory article,...
2019-02-17
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Blog Posts
Last Week Reading (2019-02-17)
Power BI Desktop February 2019 Feature Summary Preview of new Key Influencers visual and much more… The February release of...
2019-02-17
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Notes From the 2nd SQLOrlando Lunch Meetup
I won’t blog all of these we do, but wanted to capture a few thoughts and then revisit later in...
2019-02-17
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Notes From the Feb 7, 2019 Spacecoast Meetup
I drove over to Melbourne on to speak to the group, hadn’t been over in a while. Quick notes:
8 attendees,...
2019-02-17
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SQL Saturday 828 - T-SQL Basics: Coding for performance
A great experience!
Thanks to all the atendess to my session about T-SQL, for being my first time as a speaker for a SQL Saturday it was good!As I promised,...
2019-02-17
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Power BI Architecture Diagram v4 is now available!
I’ve finally updated my Power BI Architecture Diagram to include some of the new features that are now available and...
2019-02-16
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SQL Saturday 828 - T-SQL Basics: Coding for performance
A great experience!Thanks to all the atendess to my session about T-SQL, for being my first time as a speaker...
2019-02-16
149 reads
SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 4
Note: I’ve been meaning to start a series on the basics of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The last time...
2019-02-16
389 reads
Achievement Unlocked – SQL Bits
Several weeks ago, while on a flight traveling home from San Francisco, I received an exciting email. I had submitted...
2019-02-15
489 reads
ASF 019 video invitation
Check how many bicycles he has got at home and where was the destination of last year of a 400...
2019-02-15
111 reads
Blogs
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
Why Use TRY_PARSE(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Someone asked why I would use TRY_PARSE after I posted a question at SQL...
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