Short circuiting an AND
The other day I did a post on how an OR short circuts. It was a somewhat unusual type of ... Continue reading
2019-08-06 (first published: 2019-07-15)
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Implement DevOps One Step At a Time
In preparation for my upcoming DevOps training days (see the bottom of this post for details) and for some articles I’m working on, I’ve been building all new automation...
2019-08-02 (first published: 2019-07-15)
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spark-dotnet examples - reading and writing csv files
How do you read and write CSV files using the dotnet driver for Apache Spark?
I have a runnable example here:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples
Specifcally:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples/tree/master/examples/split-csv
Let's take a walkthrough of the demo:
Console.WriteLine("Hello Spark!"); var spark...
2019-07-15
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spark-dotnet examples - reading and writing csv files
How do you read and write CSV files using the dotnet driver for Apache Spark?
I have a runnable example here:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples
Specifcally:
https://github.com/GoEddie/dotnet-spark-examples/tree/master/examples/split-csv
Let’s take a walkthrough of the demo:
Console.WriteLine("Hello Spark!"); var spark...
2019-07-15
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Weekly reading #21
Hello, hello! We have just started new week! We missed the weekly reading last time due to travelling across the Europe over the weekend. There is however a lot...
2019-07-15
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spark-dotnet how does user .net code run spark code in a java vm
Apache Spark is written in scala, scala compiles to Java and runs inside a Java virtual machine. The spark-dotnet driver runs dotnet code and calls spark functionality, so how...
2019-07-14
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spark-dotnet how does user .net code run spark code in a java vm
Apache Spark is written in scala, scala compiles to Java and runs inside a Java virtual machine. The spark-dotnet driver runs dotnet code and calls spark functionality, so how...
2019-07-14
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Introduction to Machine Learning
This article is the first one of a series dedicated to Machine Learning and AI. It is an introductory article where I have tried to answer the question –...
2019-07-14
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TSQL Tuesday #116 – SQL Server on Linux
You can now run SQL Server on Linux. With it being easy to install / update, and running exactly the same as in Windows, it is my choice for...
2019-07-13
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TSQL Tuesday #116 – SQL Server on Linux
You can now run SQL Server on Linux. With it being easy to install / update, and running exactly the same as in Windows, it is my choice for...
2019-07-13
55 reads
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Flyway Tips: Analytics Platforms (Snowflake and Databricks)
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I’m really excited about some growth in Flyway support. I’ve been asking about this...
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Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers