GIT Configuration and Automated Release for Azure Data Factory
Learn a step-by-step method to save your ADF pipelines in Git and automatically release new changes to test and production.
2024-09-23 (first published: 2023-10-16)
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Learn a step-by-step method to save your ADF pipelines in Git and automatically release new changes to test and production.
2024-09-23 (first published: 2023-10-16)
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Have you ever surfed the internet and felt overwhelmed by personalized advertisements that appear to know your every desire? Have you ever been amazed at how accurate some weather forecasts can be? These actions are based on data processing. EsProc SPL and SQL (note, SPL stands for Structured Processing Language and SQL stands for Structured Query Language). SQL is a major language widely encountered and used for data manipulation within relational databases. While EsProc SPL is another effective tool for data processing, especially suited for complex computations and in-memory operations, it is less commonly encountered.
2024-09-23
Calculating elapsed time between time values can be an interesting problem that is easily solved even when data anomalies are present.
2024-09-20 (first published: 2013-09-26)
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In this article, we walk through how to set up a simple Excel interface to work with SQL Server data to insert, update, delete, and select data.
2024-09-20
This continues my series on auditing SQL Server. The fist parts covered discovery and documentation, server level hardware audits and SQL Server engine level audits. This section examines database configuration audits.
2024-09-18
Get ready to meet Microsoft's experts on-site in the exhibit hall and in multiple educational sessions (including a pre-con, keynote and learning pathway). Watch a sneak peek of Microsoft's learning pathway 'Becoming an Azure SQL DBA – Advancing the Role of the On-Premises SQL Server DBA'
2024-09-18
Adding a new shared disk to Windows Server failover Cluster is not a complex process but special care must be taken when you want to use the new disk for any existing SQL Instance. In this article, we will show you all the required steps to add the disk to WSFC and then to properly assign it to an existing SQL role in the WSFC.
2024-09-16
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Learn how to create a backup of an AWS RDS for SQL Server database and download the backup file to use on another SQL Server instance.
2024-09-16
Connect, share and learn with the global data community in Seattle this November. Whether you're a DBA, Developer, Architect, Engineer or you're just getting started in your data career, there's a huge range of content for you to choose from (over 150 sessions and counting across 5 different tracks). Speakers this year include Steve Jones, Grant Fritchey, Ryan Booz, Bob Ward, Deepthi Goguri and Jennifer Stirrup. Check out the full program and register before September 18 to secure your ticket at the standard price.
2024-09-16 (first published: 2024-08-19)
A list of articles in my series on Azure Data Studio along with a few other links.
2024-09-13 (first published: 2024-01-10)
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By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this from digging into it yesterday,...
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers