The Delta file format supports ACID properties by storing data in parquet files and actions in JSON files. […]
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I ran across an article that showed calculating a running total with a twist. In this case, the […]
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Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a lightweight IDE built on Visual Studio Code. I’ve written a few articles […]
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Brent, Big Coat Edition You’ve watched my free How to Think Like the Engine class that focuses on […]
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If you’re using TRY/CATCH to do exception handling in T-SQL, you need to be aware that there are […]
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Database development has become more complex over the years due to the introduction of new data and […]
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I went through your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento plus hit live ones from the TikTok viewers. Here’s what […]
Azure Logic Apps are a cloud-based service where you can create low code workflows to automate your […]
This week’s Query Exercise challenged you to figure out why these 3 estimates went so badly: SELECT TOP […]
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PAST ME, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING We all make mistakes. I certainly have. I’ll give you a recent […]
SQL’s ability to manipulate data makes it relevant for people creating tools for data analysis. Analysts can […]
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DBAs often face situations when the disk gets full for user database files, logs, or system database files. […]
This article is part of Robert Sheldon’s continuing series on Mongo DB. To see all of the […]
Companies of all sizes and across industries are struggling to cope with an explosion of data never […]
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I went live on TikTok and took your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento: Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start […]
Our prior Query Exercise introduced SQL Server’s 201 buckets problem: its inability to accurately estimate rows for more […]
The temporal database is a database that can keep information on time when the facts represented in […]
Introduction If you’ve been following SimpleTalk for a while, you will be aware that I’ve recently blogged […]
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Relational Databases are known for their atomic, consistent, independent and durable properties (ACID). The first version of Apache […]
Next Tuesday, pricing on the 3-day tickets for the PASS Data Community Summit goes up to $2,295. But […]
If you’ve ever had a traditional logic course, you’ll have run into “The Law of Identity” as […]
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Introduction Previously, we created a tutorial to connect Visual Studio Code with GitHub. Now, we will show another […]
The focus of your backup strategy should not be backups. Instead, you should be focused on restoring […]
I got a new laptop recently and instead of installing SQL Server, I decided to try and use […]
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All developers hit the problem of how and where to store and set their configuration, profile, or […]
Last week, we had an abrupt intro, and this week, we have an abrupt ending when my camera […]
PySpark has some unconventional syntaxes which provide power to the development process, making it easier. We talked […]
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Range queries are a very common task in SQL: selecting dates, numbers, or even text values that […]
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An entire post on choosing the correct data types either seems like overkill or much needed and […]
Indexes in MySQL are one of the primary ways to enhance query performance and they are especially […]