go
Starter Template
I saved this as a snippet for vscode to get up and running quickly with something better than the defaults for handling func main isolation.
I’ve been working on...
2020-10-30
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shell
Installing go-task
This tool is great for cross-platform shell scripting as it runs all the commands in the Taskfile.yml using a built in go shell library that supports bash syntax...
2020-10-30
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Blog .NET for Apache Spark UDFs Missing Shared State
The Problem When you use a UDF in .NET for Apache Spark, something like this code:
class Program { static void Main(string args) { var spark = SparkSession.Builder().GetOrCreate(); _logging.AppendLine("Starting Select");...
2020-10-29
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Blog .NET for Apache Spark UDFs Missing Shared State
The Problem When you use a UDF in .NET for Apache Spark, something like this code:
class Program { static void Main(string args) { var spark = SparkSession.Builder().GetOrCreate(); _logging.AppendLine("Starting Select");...
2020-10-29
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Migrating SQL Server container images to the Github Container Registry
A couple of months ago Docker announced that they would be implementing a 6 month retention policy for unused images in the Docker Hub. This was due to kick...
2020-11-04 (first published: 2020-10-29)
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Daily Coping 29 Oct 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...
2020-10-29
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What do they want to hear?
I was helping my 16yo write his first college essay the other day. He’s always struggled a bit with writing ... Continue reading
2020-11-03 (first published: 2020-10-29)
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DAX Logic and Blanks
A while back I was chatting with Shannon Lindsay on Twitter. She shares lots of useful Power BI tips there. She shared her syntax tip of the & operator...
2020-11-03 (first published: 2020-10-29)
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Using Write-Debug
I wrote a post about PoSh output recently, noting that in general we ought to use Write-Output or Write-Verbose for messaging. In there, I mentioned Write-Debug as well as...
2020-11-02 (first published: 2020-10-28)
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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #002: A Puzzling Situation
For the second T-SQL Tuesday ever — again, hosted by Adam Machanic — we were asked one of three options, and I elected to go with the first one:...
2020-11-02 (first published: 2020-10-28)
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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