One of the most critical things that a game must do is to save data like the preferences and score. In this article, Lance Talbert demonstrates two ways to save data when you create your game in Unity.

In Praise of User-Defined Datatypes

by Phil Factor

SQLServerCentral

Phil Factor sings the praises of user-defined datatypes.

Azure Data Factory Triggers

by DP

SQLServerCentral

Azure Data Factory

This article explains the difference between schedule Trigger and Tumbling window Trigger in Azure Data Factor V2 (ADF V2) and how they behave on success and failure.

Self-selection Reteaming: It’s Not Crazy, It’s the Future

by Kendra Little

SQLServerCentral

Career Growth

Today, Kendra Little talks about reteaming.

PASS Summit 2020

by Press Release

PASS

Conferences, Classes, Events, and Webinars

PASS Summit is the must-attend conference for Microsoft data professionals; delivering 3 full days of technical training on data architecture, management, and analytics. Get the skills you need with in-depth sessions created and led by industry experts. Network and problem-solve with peers and Microsoft engineers, and get ahead of the curve with spotlight sessions on today’s hot topics. Join Redgate and the PASS community in Houston on November 10 - 13 to future-proof your data career.

Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis: Introduction

by Additional Articles

SimpleTalk

Microsoft provides a service to analyze text data called Text Analytics Cognitive Service. In this article, Sanil Mhatre demonstrates how to use this service from Power BI.

Why you Should Always Specify Whether a Column Accepts Nulls

by Additional Articles

Redgate

SQL PROMPT

Phil Factor explains the factors that determine whether a column will allow null values, if you don't specify it explicitly in the column definition. If you rely on the default behavior established by your connection settings, you could be in for some nasty surprises.