Passing status messages and results back from Databricks to ADF
When we use ADF to call Databricks we can pass parameters, nice. When we finish running the Databricks notebook we often want to return something back to ADF so...
2020-02-05
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Ed Elliott's Sql Developer Blog
Spark Delta Lake, Updates, Deletes and Time Travel
When you use delta lake there are a couple of interesting things to note based around the fact that the data is stored in parquet files which are read-only...
2020-01-20
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Spark Delta Lake, Updates, Deletes and Time Travel
When you use delta lake there are a couple of interesting things to note based around the fact that the data is stored in parquet files which are read-only...
2020-01-20
4 reads
Validating upstream data quality in ETL processes, SQL edition
It is a non-null constraint, not a non-ish-null constraint You are writing an ETL process, part of this process you need to import a semi-structured file (think CSV, JSON,...
2019-10-28
177 reads
Validating upstream data quality in ETL processes, SQL edition
It is a non-null constraint, not a non-ish-null constraint You are writing an ETL process, part of this process you need to import a semi-structured file (think CSV, JSON,...
2019-10-28
10 reads
SQLCover 0.5 - Fixes, smaller features and an exciting surprise
It has been a little while but I have updated SQLCover to include a number of fixes and small features, the majority of which are improvements to the html...
2019-10-30 (first published: 2019-10-16)
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SQLCover 0.5 - Fixes, smaller features and an exciting surprise
It has been a little while but I have updated SQLCover to include a number of fixes and small features, the majority of which are improvements to the html...
2019-10-16
12 reads
How to test ETL Processes in production
This is the final part in the four-part series into testing ETL pipelines, how exciting!
Part 1 - Unit Testing https://the.agilesql.club/2019/07/how-do-we-test-etl-pipelines-part-one-unit-tests/ Part 2 - Integration Testing https://the.agilesql.club/2019/08/how-do-we-prove-our-etl-processes-are-correct-how-do-we-make-sure-upstream-changes-dont-break-our-processes-and-break-our-beautiful-data/ Part 3...
2019-10-02
134 reads
How to test ETL Processes in production
This is the final part in the four-part series into testing ETL pipelines, how exciting!
Part 1 - Unit Testing https://the.agilesql.club/2019/07/how-do-we-test-etl-pipelines-part-one-unit-tests/ Part 2 - Integration Testing https://the.agilesql.club/2019/08/how-do-we-prove-our-etl-processes-are-correct-how-do-we-make-sure-upstream-changes-dont-break-our-processes-and-break-our-beautiful-data/ Part 3...
2019-10-02
9 reads
How to connect spark to ms sql server without '[Error] [JvmBridge] java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver'?
“[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
428 reads
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Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
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If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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