ADF, XML objects and XPath in the expression language
When you use ADF, there are two sides to the coin. The first is the data itself that ADF does very well, from moving it from one site to...
2021-02-12
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 4 - JOINS
This is a bit of a longer one, a look at how to do all the different joins and the exciting thing for MSSQL developers is that we get...
2021-02-05 (first published: 2021-01-25)
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 4 - JOINS
This is a bit of a longer one, a look at how to do all the different joins and the exciting thing for MSSQL developers is that we get...
2021-01-25
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 3 - CTE()
The next example is how to do a CTE (Common Table Expression). When creating the CTE I will also rename one of the columns from “dataType” to “x”.
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2021-01-19
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 3 - CTE()
The next example is how to do a CTE (Common Table Expression). When creating the CTE I will also rename one of the columns from “dataType” to “x”.
T-SQL WITH...
2021-01-19
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Synapse Analytics Spark Example 2 - ROW_NUMBER()
The next example is how to do a ROW_NUMBER(), my favourite window function.
T-SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY dateTime) as RowNumber FROM chicago.safety_data Spark SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER...
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 2 - ROW_NUMBER()
The next example is how to do a ROW_NUMBER(), my favourite window function.
T-SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY dateTime) as RowNumber FROM chicago.safety_data Spark SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER...
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 2 - ROW_NUMBER()
The next example is how to do a ROW_NUMBER(), my favourite window function.
T-SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY dateTime) as RowNumber FROM chicago.safety_data Spark SQL SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER...
2021-01-18
8 reads
Synapse Analytics Spark Example 1 - Group By
I have been playing around with the new Azure Synapse Analytics, and I realised that this is an excellent opportunity for people to move to Apache Spark. Synapse Analytics...
2021-01-18
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Synapse Analytics and .NET for Apache Spark Example 1 - Group By
I have been playing around with the new Azure Synapse Analytics, and I realised that this is an excellent opportunity for people to move to Apache Spark. Synapse Analytics...
2021-01-18
15 reads
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