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2020-07-16
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Bert Wagner
COMING SOON - New Content
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Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven't been any videos in...
2020-07-16
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COMING SOON – New Content
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven’t been any videos in a while. If you are...
2020-07-16
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3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Using Entity Framework
Coming from a SQL developer background these few inner workings of Entity Framework caught me by surprise.
2020-06-05 (first published: 2016-05-17)
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Using Python And NetworkX To Build A Twitter Follower Recommendation Engine
Watch this week’s video on YouTube. This week, I want to share my process for analyzing Twitter. Specifically, I want to find who all of my friends follow on...
2020-01-14 (first published: 2020-01-07)
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Using Python And NetworkX To Build A Twitter Follower Recommendation Engine
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week, I want to share my process for analyzing Twitter. Specifically, I want to find who all of my friends follow on Twitter...
2020-01-07
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Using Python And NetworkX To Build A Twitter Follower Recommendation Engine
Watch this week's video on YouTube
This week, I want to share my process for analyzing Twitter. Specifically, I want to find who all of my friends follow on Twitter...
2020-01-07
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SQL Server Converts Numbers to Asterisks
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. Pop quiz: What will be the output of the below three statements? As you might have guessed, the first conversion truncates the value,...
2019-12-17
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SQL Server Converts Numbers to Asterisks
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Pop quiz: What will be the output of the below three statements?
DECLARE @val_varchar varchar(3) = '100';
DECLARE @val_bigint bigint = 100;
DECLARE @val_tinyint tinyint = 100;
PRINT('varchar...
2019-12-17
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SQL Server Converts Numbers to Asterisks
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Pop quiz: What will be the output of the below three statements?
DECLARE @val_varchar varchar(3) = '100';
DECLARE @val_bigint bigint = 100;
DECLARE @val_tinyint tinyint = 100;
PRINT('varchar...
2019-12-17
12 reads
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