Hi Corey, I checked with MSFT on your question on synapse - below is their answer:

CTAS is supported as long as you use recent versions, and in some cases you...

Am very glad to hear that it is useful! Thanks for the comment. Yeah this is just a t-sql library and one that has been around a very long time....

Hi Frank , yes you can add stuff and I will be explaining that in later examples but it may be a little more complex that we think.

Thank you for...

Dear Jeff, yes of course, we will discuss it on shop talk 🙂 Thank you for taking time always to comment on my posts, much appreciated.

Thank you for pointing that out!! I may have had the variable defined elsewhere and it took that value while testing. Sorry for the screenshots and will try to fix...

We've lost at least two #sqlfamily members (Gareth Swanepoel and Kim Tessareau) to this. I've lost 4 family members to it and could not even go home for my Dad's...

I've been through several loved ones passing on, and dealing with health issues caused by medication that cured one health problem. In short, definitely among the most challenging years of...

Miss them dad jokes man! Hope you get well and get to joking and being normal again. Take care my friend. Thank you Tif for taking care of him for...

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One thing they did well was to give us props/badges to help identify what we do. I've written a blog post here on how that has helped me. I will...

I love the idea of divestiture and giving more power to local groups. And certification, is a big yes although that would be really hard to implement and keep going....

What I get by way of running a chapter - association with other ug leads and a brand name that is known mostly. And in most places sql saturdays are...

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Chris, PASS was in poor financial health well before Covid. And two, quite the vast majority of paid registrants are not aware and don't care if it is volunteer run...

This year atleast, if they have to survive a significant bailout from Microsoft may be needed. And that may not be for free. I don't see anyone else coming in...

'One of the strengths of PASS, in my opinion, has been that while Microsoft is involved, the organization itself is largely free from being controlled by Microsoft.' This is what...

The debate on motives is atleast a decade old and has caused many rifts in the community. The vast majority of community members have good intentions, work hard on their...