Using Pipeline Return Value in Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics
Learn how you can return data from one ADF pipeline for use in another.
2023-11-01
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Azure Data Factory
Trigger the Execution of an ADF Pipeline from an Email
Learn how you can configure an Azure Data Factory pipeline that is triggered by an email being sent to an address.
2023-11-03 (first published: 2023-10-27)
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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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Sending Multiple Attachments in Email from Azure Data Factory Pipeline
This article shows how you can have your Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipeline send an email using a Logic App.
2023-09-29
3,497 reads
How to Implement CI/CD in Azure Data Factory (ADF)
Learn how you can use CI/CD with your ADF Pipelines and Azure DevOps using ARM templates.
2023-03-10
13,554 reads
The Art of Data Ingestion - Part 1
Data movement is a fundamental piece of a data engineer’s duties, and recently I’ve been thinking about the art of data movement. What are some of the most important pieces that a data engineer needs to think about when confronted with data ingestion? There is of course data exporting as well, and in that case, […]
2022-11-11
6,050 reads
Leveraging the Script Activity within Azure Data Factory
Learn how to use the Script activity in an Azure Data Factory pipeline to deploy and populate databases using DDL, DCL, and DML statements.
2022-11-04
Assert Transformations in Azure Data Factory
This article will show how you can use Azure Data Factory to check your data quality with an assertion.
2022-11-02 (first published: 2022-10-24)
4,109 reads
Azure Data Factory Interview Questions and Answers
Get a few common questions and possible answers about Azure Data Factory that you may encounter in an interview.
2022-06-03
4,435 reads
The Script Activity in Azure Data Factory
Learn about using the Script activity in Azure Data Factory to run DDL or DML statements.
2022-05-13
19,323 reads
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
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