Dynamically Map JSON to SQL in Azure Data Factory
We’re reading in some JSON files in Azure Data Factory (ADF), for example for a REST API. We’re storing the data in a relational table (SQL Server, Azure SQL...
2022-02-28
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Koen Verbeeck
T-SQL Linting in an Azure Devops Build Pipeline
Linting is a process where a code analyzer is run to find programmatic errors, bugs, “stylistic constructs” or anti-patterns. For example, in Python there are specific modules that help...
2022-02-28
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DirectQuery to Power BI Datasets
A new feature has been added to the Power BI Desktop toolset and it’s a very nice one. The official name is “DirectQuery for PBI datasets and AS”. It...
2022-02-25
61 reads
Speaking at Techorama 2022
I’ve received some good news: Techorama is back with an in-person conference! I’m selected as a speaker and I’ll be talking about Azure Data Factory. Azure Data Factory (ADF)...
2022-02-22
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Convert Local Datetime to UTC (pre-SQL Server 2016)
Recently I was working with a client who was still on SQL Server 2012. Support issues aside, there are some very useful T-SQL functions/clauses who didn’t exist in 2012,...
2022-02-17
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Migrating SSIS to Azure – an Overview
For quite some time now, there’s been the possibility to lift-and-shift your on-premises SSIS project to Azure Data Factory. There, they run in an Integration Runtime, a cluster of...
2020-11-10 (first published: 2020-11-03)
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Publish Database Fails – Script File could not be found
A small blog post for anyone who stumbles across this issue (and for my future self, should I forget the solution). I was working on some tables in SSDT...
2020-10-16 (first published: 2020-10-08)
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Exporting Environment Variables out of the SSIS Catalog
Sometimes when you’ve created a SSIS catalog, along with folders, environments and environment variables, you want this content on another server. Unfortunately, you can only script out these objects...
2020-10-14 (first published: 2020-10-06)
503 reads
Converting a Datetime to UTC
I was in a need of converting some datetime values (of which I know the actual timezone) to UTC dates. A quick Google search showed me that most results...
2020-09-28 (first published: 2020-09-22)
1,171 reads
Optimize for Unknown for Inline Table-Valued Functions
I had a curious performance issue today. An inline table-valued function (iTVF) was performing poorly for some parameter sets, and quite fast for other parameter values. In short, this...
2020-09-24 (first published: 2020-09-17)
567 reads
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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