Metadata Driven Pipelines – Data Engineering with Fabric
This article explains metadata driven pipelines and shows an example in Microsoft Fabric.
2024-05-01
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Snake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 1
I recently had a restore job where I needed to split the work up into multiple parallel processes (which I’ll refer to here as “threads”). I wanted to balance the work so that the duration was something significantly less than the sum of the restore times
2024-05-01
Exporting and Importing Registered Servers in SSMS
This article shows how to import and export a list of registered servers from SSMS.
2024-04-29
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Learning Spark SQL String Functions with Explanations and Code Examples
Learn how to use different Spark SQL string functions to manipulate string data with explanations and code examples.
2024-04-29
SQL Logic
In this article, I will discuss the history and thinking behind several types of logic that are typically associated with writing relational database code.
2024-04-26
Does Your GROUP BY Order Matter?
Sometimes when you do GROUP BY, the order of the columns does matter. For example, these two SELECT queries produce different results:
2024-04-24
Unlocking Power with Updatable Views in SQL Server
An updatable view in SQL Server is a view that allows modifications such as INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE operations on the underlying tables through the view.
2024-04-22
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Kubernetes For Complete Beginners
Container orchestration has become a cornerstone of modern application deployment. For beginners stepping into the world of modern application deployment and orchestration, understanding the essence and significance of Kubernetes is essential.
2024-04-22
Identifying Customer Buying Pattern in Power BI - Part 1
In this article, we discuss market-based analysis techniques for customer purchasing patterns for different products over the years in Power BI.
2024-04-19
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Pagination and ordering by large values
Pagination is a technique for limiting output. Think of Google search results, shopping the electronics category on Amazon, or browsing tagged questions on Stack Overflow. Nobody could consume all of the results in a single shot, and no site wants to spend the resources required to present them all to us
2024-04-19
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Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers