Aveek Das
A simple Regular Expression in PostgreSQL -

Working with Regular Expressions in PostgreSQL

May 14, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to talk about using regular expressions in a Postgres database. Regular Expressions, also known as RegEx are pattern matching criteria that can filter data based on the pattern. It is heavily used to match string values to a specific pattern and then filter the results based on the condition. From a beginner’s perspective, these regular expressions can seem to be quite complex in the first, however, as you will start using these on a daily basis, you will come to the underlying logic, and then you can start writing your own RegEx statements.

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A dataflow diagram in Power BI

An introduction to Power BI Dataflows

May 7, 2021 by

In this article, we are going to understand what the Power BI Dataflows is all about and how we can get started by building dataflows in Power BI Service. A dataflow can simply be considered as an extract transform and load pipeline that can be used to connect to source data, transform the data by applying business rules, and then finally preparing the data to be available to visualize. In a general data architecture, a dedicated ETL tool is used to prepare and transform the data, which is then loaded into a data warehouse. Power BI was used to connect to this data warehouse and visualize the data from here on.

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How to set up and run SQL Server Docker image

April 28, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to discuss in-depth setting up docker and running a SQL Server Docker image. SQL Server, as you might already be aware that it is one of the most popular relational database technologies in today’s world. SQL Server is widely used in various applications that support transactional and analytical workloads. Docker, on the other hand, is a containerization technology using which you can bundle your applications within a container and distribute them. Docker helps users to build applications independent of the underlying operating system. We will learn more about Docker and using the SQL Server Docker image in this article.

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