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Aveek Das
Generating plots in R

Setting up a Machine Learning environment using R and RStudio

March 23, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to introduce a few concepts of how to set up and get started with R and RStudio to perform machine learning workloads. It has always been the heat of the discussion on whether to choose Python or R for performing Machine Learning analysis. In my opinion, both the languages excel in their own space and there is no point-to-point comparison between the two directly. Mathematicians and statisticians like to work within the R environment, while programmers choose to work with Python.

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Aveek Das

Create REST APIs in Python using Flask

March 12, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to explain what a REST API is all about and how to get started with creating APIs in Python using Flask. In the recent software world, REST APIs play a major role as a communication channel between different services. It has become the de facto standard of passing information across multiple systems in the JSON format. This is because it has a uniform interface to share messages across two different systems. Let us learn more about REST APIs in this article.

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Emil Drkusic
the data model

Learn SQL: Dynamic SQL

March 3, 2021 by

Dynamic SQL is a programming technique you can use to build SQL statements as textual strings and execute them later. This technique could prove to be useful in some cases and therefore it’s good to know we have it as an option. In today’s article, we’ll show how to create and execute dynamic SQL statements.

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Aveek Das
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Exporting data with Pandas in Python

February 24, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to discuss the various ways in which we can use Pandas in python to export data to a database table or a file. In my previous article Getting started with Pandas in Python, I have explained in detail how to get started with analyzing data in python. Pandas is one of the most popular libraries used for the purpose of data analysis. It is very easy and intuitive to use. Personally, I love using the library due to the ease of use and the great documentation that is available online.

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Aveek Das
Stored Procedure for moving data

Advanced usages of Data-Tier applications

February 12, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to explain some of the advanced usages of data-tier applications in Visual Studio. In my previous article, Working with Database Projects, I have explained how you can start building your database applications for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database using Visual Studio. This article will specifically focus on using SQLCMD variables and Publish Profiles of the Data-Tier Application development. For a better understanding, I would recommend reading the previous article and it will help to clear the basic concepts.

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Aveek Das
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Best practices to follow while programming in Python

February 9, 2021 by

In this article, I am going to discuss some of the best practices that a programmer must follow while programming in python. Python as a language has evolved to a great extent over the last few decades and has gained popularity amongst a lot of software programmers, data enthusiasts, and system administrators. This is because of the ease of writing code in python and the large community behind it.

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Esat Erkec
Making practice is always important to learn SQL

Getting started with SQL Programming

February 3, 2021 by

Learning SQL programming is valuable for our career and might help to increase our incomes but most importantly it will be the best investment you will make for yourself. However, beginners don’t know the exact starting point to begin learning the SQL language. Learning SQL depends entirely on your effort and desire, and other things are just details. This article will give some tips on how to learn SQL without going into technical details so that so you can get started in learning SQL right now.

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Prashanth Jayaram
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How to perform Azure SQL database Import/Export operations using PowerShell

January 14, 2021 by

In Azure, the Import/Export operation of the Azure SQL database is a vital part of the database migration methods. It is important to choose the most viable option as per the database migration strategy and business requirements. In addition, the applications that are configured with Azure SQL PaaS databases, the migration specialist could decide and identify several common scenarios where Azure PaaS database are scripted, copied, migrated, moved or backed up.

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Nisarg Upadhyay
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T-SQL scripts to update statistics based on the row modification

December 24, 2020 by

In this article, we are going to learn how we can develop a T-SQL script to update statistics of tables based on the row modification. It is always a challenging task to perform maintenance on a table that has billions of rows. During the early years of my professional career, I was assigned a project and one of our clients had performance issues. The initial analysis showed that due to frequent data modifications, a specific table’s statistics become outdated.

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Prashanth Jayaram
Find the version table to analyze the workflow

Different ways to login to Azure automation using PowerShell

December 22, 2020 by

PowerShell becomes a de facto toolset in the arsenal of Azure automation. PowerShell provides a platform and a friendly way of automating many repeated tasks, which in turn minimize the time-and-cost. PowerShell always comes to the rescue when there is a need for automation, and it is no different for Azure. If you are already familiar with PowerShell cmdlets, then it will be easy to be acquainted with Azure PowerShell modules. For Azure automation, Microsoft provided a set of Azure PowerShell Modules that can be leverage to manage the Azure Cloud platform.

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Prashanth Jayaram
Create Azure SQL Database using Azure portal to restore the geo backup

Quick start guide to Geo-restore in Azure SQL Database

November 24, 2020 by

Azure SQL Database—a cloud-based service model provides a platform to back up the data and ensure to keep the business up-and-running even after the disaster. The data is vital and backup of the data revolves around the process of backup, restoration, recovery, Business-Continuity-Plans (BCP), and disaster recovery (DR). In this article, we will learn:

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Emil Drkusic
the data model

Learn SQL: SQL Injection

November 2, 2020 by

SQL Injection is a well-known technique used to attack SQL-based applications. In this article, we’ll focus on examples showing how you could exploit database vulnerabilities using this technique, while in the next article we’ll talk about ways how you can protect your application from such attacks.

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Nisarg Upadhyay
Job schedule

T-SQL scripts to generate database health reports

October 21, 2020 by

In this article, I am going to show how we can automate a database daily health report using T-SQL scripts. For a senior database administrator, it is always important to review the health of the database server. When a DBA manages many database servers, it becomes difficult to visit every server and review the status of databases, SQL jobs, and backups. To ease the monitoring, I have developed a T-SQL script that populates the following information:

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