Hello mferguson

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Fair point, I have submitted a minor update which tells the reader the two catalogs are different. Should be published in the...

Hi Vega

Just come across your post, sorry this reply is so late. Glad you enjoyed the course!

I go into much more detail about what can be done with U-SQL in...

Hi Kahlo13

Sorry it's taken me a while to come back to you. C# dictionaries do support retrieving values from keys as you illustrated in your post, but I...

Hi MP

Glad you managed to grab the files. Sounds like I need to update my Web site! I might just update the article to point at github. Thanks...

Hi Lucazav

Great minds think alike - this is from the end of step 21 of the Stairway:

We’re going to change tack in the next article...

Hello xsevensinzx (is that a Spectrum reference?!)

You make a fair point - indeed, I'm working on a Pluralsight course at the time of writing which expounds the virtue of splitting...

Hello

There are no "connections" as such. You appear to be thinking of ADL as a traditional database. You can insert/request data from URIs or using U-SQL. SDKs are...

Hi there

To the best of my knowledge, because Azure Data Lake is file-based (even the databases), there are no size limitations.

Microsoft's marketing page repeats...

Fully agree with you...I made that comment as Microsoft seem to be converging a lot of technologies from Data Lakes to Data Warehouses and vice versa. Be interesting to see...

Hi xsevensinzx

Your experience with Data Lakes sounds similar to what I’ve seen out in the field – most people use the Data Lake to transform some...

Hi RandomStream

Thanks for posting. There are currently 18 levels in the U-SQL series, with plenty more planned (I haven't posted for a while as I've been working for...

Hi Steveo250k

Apologies for my delayed reply, thanks for your response to the article.

I fully agree that designing a warehouse around a set...

Hi Guna

Sorry for my delayed reply. Unfortunately you must copy your data up to the Data Lake first before you can insert data.

The only alternative is...