Getting Downtime
It’s been a crazy year, as are many of my years. I tend to like that, because I prefer to be busy rather than idle. That’s good, but I...
2019-08-02
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java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.spark.deploy.DotnetRunner with 0.4.0 of spark-dotnet
There was a breaking change with version 0.4.0 that changed the name of the class that is used to load the dotnet driver in Apache Spark.
To fix the issue...
2019-08-02
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java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.spark.deploy.DotnetRunner with 0.4.0 of spark-dotnet
There was a breaking change with version 0.4.0 that changed the name of the class that is used to load the dotnet driver in Apache Spark.
To fix the issue...
2019-08-02
247 reads
Interview with Aaron Bertrand
This is the fifth interview we have done. This time our guest is Aaron Bertrand! Aaron is one of the most community oriented person I know and he really...
2019-08-01
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Teaching DevOps in Indianapolis
There is literally nothing I like better than working on automation. Before we had all the cool toys that we have now, I was working on automating database deployments....
2019-08-01
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Check Out the Updated Violin Plot Power BI Custom Visual
I wrote about the violin plot custom visual by Daniel Marsh-Patrick back in February. I thought it was a good visual then, but version 1.3 has recently been released...
2019-08-13 (first published: 2019-08-01)
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SQL Server Management Studio
Hopefully you know that SSMS is a separate install from the main SQL Server install. You can find the binaries from Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms) Using SSMS version 18.2, whilst playing...
2019-08-01
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Fantasy Football - A League of Our Own - Want to Play?
It feels daft me saying the football season is only 9 days away, when in fact The Ashes cricket series is only starting today at Edgbaston. The Ashes are...
2019-08-09 (first published: 2019-08-01)
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For those who want to be a Junior DBA
I’ve been fortunate to have spoken at a few SQL Saturday events this year, and one of the sessions I’ve had the pleasure of presenting has been about getting...
2019-08-01
16 reads
For those who want to be a Junior DBA
I’ve been fortunate to have spoken at a few SQL Saturday events this year, and one of the sessions I’ve had the pleasure of presenting has been about getting...
2019-08-01
14 reads
Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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