The Value of a Mentor

Something I’ve mentioned in previous career-related posts is the value of a mentor. In case it seemed more like a suggestion, let me be more direct about this: You...

Power BI Monthly Digest – August 2020

In this month’s Power BI Digest Matt and I will again guide you through some of the latest and greatest Power BI updates this month.

Daily Coping 14 Aug 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Setting default values for Array parameters/variables in Azure Data Factory

(2020-Aug-14) Setting default values for my parameters or variables in Azure Data Factory (ADF) may be a trivial task, but it gets more interesting when those elements are Arrays....

Daily Coping 13 Aug 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

SQL Homework – August 2020 – More DML Triggers

Well, I’m running a bit late. Both for this month and the fact I completely missed last month. It was ... Continue reading

Your First Databricks Notebook

On August 4, 2020, I presented this on the weekly Pragmatic Works webinar series. You can view that presentation here. As part of that presentation, I committed to give...

SQL Clone Works with FILESTREAM

SQL Clone is an amazing product that virtualizes your data, allowing multiple instances to share a read only image, but still produce writeable databases that look normal to SQL...

Fun and profit with UTF-8

When SQL Server 2019 was announced, it brought with it UTF-8 support. Also available in Azure SQL Database, UTF-8 is exciting if you have a legacy database and application...

Data Platform MVP 2020

I am humbled to be among so many great professionals and honored at the same time for having been chosen.
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