Edit The JSON of a Fabric Pipeline
A Fabric Pipeline uses JSON as source code. They are also saved in repositories as JSON. We first idea we get is editing the pipeline in JSON format. We can copy the JSON and create new pipelines with...
View ArticleA Quick Guide on How to Containerize Your Application Using Docker
Containerization has removed boundaries that limit developers from working on one application using different systems. Thus, boosting developer collaboration and speeding the application deployment...
View ArticlePowerBI premium capacity administration: dataset monitoring and tuning
Over the years Power BI has evolved into a complex and varied ecosystem of tools and solutions, which in its turn demands several supporting roles: there are, of course, developers, data engineers and...
View ArticleT-SQL Tuesday #174: Your Favorite Job Interview Question?
T-SQL Tuesday is something I don’t participate in nearly enough. When I saw Kevin Feasel’s invitation for this months topic, I knew I had to answer! One of my favorite things to do is technical...
View ArticleData and SaaS : Who owns your company’s Data?
On the era of SaaS, I see many companies hiring a lot of SaaS services. They create a dependency on them for their production operations. It may seems the company is saving work and being modern when...
View ArticleSnake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 3
In part 2 of this series, I showed an example implementation of distributing a long-running workload in parallel, in order to finish faster. In reality, though, this involves more than just restoring...
View ArticleOptimizing MySQL: Deleting Data
In the previous parts of these MySQL optimization series, we told you how query optimization works on a high level, then walked you through how you should optimize queries that insert, read, or update...
View ArticleWhy We Removed Star Ratings from Simple Talk
Star ratings have always been an interesting thing on the Internet. They can be a way to encourage interaction with creators, shopping locations, etc. However, they can also be a bit of trouble as...
View ArticleExploring MVCC and InnoDB’s Multi-Versioning Technique
In the realm of relational databases, MySQL stands out as one of the most popular choices. Maximizing its performance is crucial, especially in highly concurrent environments where multiple...
View ArticleThe CHECK() Constraint
One of the many ways a relational table differs from the file structures used by pre-relational storage systems is that the tables, rows and columns can have constraints on them. This allows you to...
View ArticleWorkspace Identity and Resource Instance Rules: More than simple features
Sometimes, when a new feature is announced, it’s in fact hiding bigger changes on the entire environment. This is exactly what happens with these Workspace Identity and Resource Instance Rules. The...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Time Travel in Fabric Data Warehouse
The May Microsoft Fabric updates bring new about Time Travel in a Data Warehouse. This is good but surprising because this feature is available for a while. Let’s discover what’s new in Data Warehouse...
View ArticleHow to Create Kubernetes Deployments and Services using YAML files and Kubectl
This article is about how to create Kubernetes Deployments and Services using YAML files and Kubectl. You will also learn how to containerize and deploy any containerized application to Kubernetes. We...
View ArticleSnake draft sorting in SQL Server, part 4
In the previous posts in this series (part 1, part 2, part 3), I described how I have optimized a long-running set of routines by processing databases, tables, and even subsets of tables in parallel....
View ArticlePurview and Microsoft Fabric: Better Together
Microsoft create Purview, a data governance solution. Since Microsoft Fabric was in preview, there was a promise of a deeper integration between Fabric and this governance solution. This integration is...
View ArticleThe latest technology news stories
With so many technology publications and news sites, and so many stories appearing each day, it can be hard to keep up with what’s going on out there. To help you stay on top with what’s happening,...
View ArticleApplication Load Balancing In Google Cloud
A load balancer is a tool used to distribute the traffic (client requests) to multiple servers on which the applications are deployed so that the response time of the application can improve by...
View ArticlePowershell and SQL on the River
We are having a conference in Chattanooga, TN on Aug 16 and 17, the primary topics of which are clearly in the name of the conference! We have 3 tracks, and one of the tracks is for ANY topic...
View ArticleEffective Strategies for Storing and Parsing XML in SQL Server
XML is a common storage format for data, metadata, parameters, or other semi-structured data. Because of this, it often finds its way into SQL Server databases and needs to be managed alongside other...
View ArticleThe signs of a new era: Prompt Injection
More than 20 years ago, I wrote a book about SQL Injection and how dangerous it can be. Probably you can still find some sites suffering with this problem, but it’s not usual anymore (I hope so). We...
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