Azure Database for PostgreSQL Cost Optimization
May 14, 2021This article will walk you through the process to optimize the cost of Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
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Setting up a PostgreSQL Database on Mac
April 23, 2021In this article, I am going to discuss different ways in which you can install and setup Postgres Database on a Mac. Postgres is an open-source relational database system that can be used to develop a wide variety of data-based applications. Postgres has been popular for analytical workloads as well since it has support for […]
Azure Analysis Services and Power BI Live connections
April 14, 2021In this article, we will deploy Azure Analysis Services and create a live connection in the Power BI.
Introduction to Apache Spark
April 12, 2021In this article, I am going to discuss Apache Spark and how to create robust ETL pipelines for transforming big data. I will start from the very basics of Spark and then provide details on how to install Spark and start building the pipelines. In the later part of the article, I will also discuss […]
An overview of Power BI data models
April 12, 2021Power BI is a business analytics solution provided by Microsoft. It helps you to create data visualizations from various data sources. We can import data from these data sources, create a data model, and prepares reports, visuals. These data sources are as below:
Overview and Performance Tips of Temp Tables in SQL Server
March 31, 2021In this article, we will learn the essentials of the temp tables in SQL Server and we will also discuss some performance tips about temporary tables.
Overview of EC2 Instance Types in AWS
March 8, 2021In this article, I am going to talk about the various EC2 instance types available in AWS. EC2, abbreviated as Elastic Compute Cloud is an IaaS offering from AWS using which customers can provision virtual machines on the cloud using different combinations of CPU, RAM, disk and networking. There are many predefined instance types already […]
Move SQL database files in SQL Server 2019 on Linux
February 26, 2021In this article, I am going to explain how we can move the SQL database files to another location in Ubuntu 18.04. For the demonstration, I have installed Ubuntu 18.04, SQL Server 2019 on Linux on my workstation. You can read SQL Server 2019 on Linux with Ubuntu to understand the step-by-step installation process of […]
Working with Spark pools in Azure Synapse Analytics
January 29, 2021In this article, we will learn how to create a Spark pool in Azure Synapse Analytics and process the data using it.
Creating your first Azure SQL Database
December 23, 2020Introduction You might be thinking why do you want to create Azure SQL Database and what are the best configurations. This article will provide you with the basic configurations of the Azure SQL Database.
Import data into Azure SQL database from AWS Redshift
November 10, 2020In this article, we will learn an approach to source data from AWS Redshift and populate it in the Azure SQL database, where this data can be used with other data on the SQL Server for desired purposes.
Azure SQL Database vs SQL Server on Azure VMs
October 20, 2020The recent trend proves that the adoption of the Cloud has much greater significance and importance in modernizing IT. If you are working on migrating the on-premises SQL Server to Microsoft Azure cloud, you need to have a better understanding of the key differences between Azure SQL databases and SQL Server on Azure VMs and […]
Getting started with Pandas in Python
August 5, 2020In this article, I am going to explain how to use Pandas in Python. Pandas is one of the most popular modules in python that can be used for data manipulation and analysis using python. Basically, it provides an easy interface to interact with flowing data and apply transformations to them on the go. This […]
Implementing an SSAS Tabular Model for Data Analytics
August 4, 2020Introduction Having discussed different aspects of MDM SSAS cubes, we will look at the Microsoft recommended OLAP tool, SSAS Tabular Models for data analytics. There are a few advantages of using Tabular Models over MDM that are listed below.
SQL Server 2019 Memory-Optimized TempDB Metadata
July 16, 2020In this article, I will walk you through the new feature in SQL Server 2019, memory-optimized TempDB metadata. The most commonly faced performance problems in SQL Server world is known to be TempDB resource contention. Don’t you agree? Let us find the answer in this article.
Understanding SSIS memory usage
July 3, 2020In this article, I am going to explain in detail SSIS memory usage and how can we optimize our tasks and the data flow to leverage maximum benefits from the in-memory operating tool. As you might be aware, SSIS also known as SQL Server Integration Services is a data integration tool, provided by Microsoft which […]
An overview of ETL and ELT architecture
April 21, 2020This article explains what the basic features and differences between ETL and ELT are. I’m also going to explain in detail what an ELT pipeline is and a relevant architecture for the same in Azure. So far, we have come a long way dealing with ETL tools which basically are Extract, Transformation and Load technique […]
Table-Valued Parameters in SQL Server
April 6, 2020Table-Valued Parameters aka TVPs are commonly used to pass a table as a parameter into stored procedures or functions. They are helpful in a way, we can use a table as an input to these routines and we can get rid of dealing more complex steps to achieve this process.
SQL Server Auto Shrink database property
March 5, 2020In this article, we will discuss the SQL Server Auto Shrink database property, which allows SQL Server to automatically shrink the database files when the value is configured as True in the database option. Automatic shrink operation is done by the server auto shrink database feature, which is the main course of this article.
How to filter objects in SSMS 2016
March 5, 2020This article explains different ways to filter the objects in the object explorer of the SSMS 2016. When we are working with hundreds of databases or hundreds of objects within a database, then it becomes challenging to locate a specific database or database object. To handle such challenges, we can use the filter option in […]
SQL Server Query Store options in SSMS 18.4
March 4, 2020In this article, we will run through the new options added in the Query Store with SSMS v18.4.
Overview of SQL Server 2019 General Availability and installation
November 19, 2019Introduction On November 4th, 2019, during the Ignite conference at Orlando, Microsoft released the General Availability of its flagship product Microsoft SQL Server 2019. SQL 2019 provides various enhancements to its core database engine and offers integration with Big data (Apache Spark, Data Lake), Machine learning, Linux/container compatibility with Kubernetes.
Memory-Optimized TempDB Metadata in SQL Server 2019
July 10, 2019Introduction In-memory technologies are one of the greatest ways to improve performance and combat contention in computing today. By removing disk-based storage and the challenge of copying data in and out of memory, query speeds in SQL Server can be improved by orders of magnitude.
SQL Server training
July 2, 2019This one-stop SQL page is a complete tutorial for both beginners and advanced SQL users to help them learn and enhance their SQL Server skills. SQL Server Basics This is an index of links that organize and catalog basic topics in SQL Server like a particular operation or data type. The topic categories include DDL […]
Clustered Index vs. Heap in SQL Server
June 21, 2019Summary There are few topics so widely misunderstood and that generates such frequent bad advice as that of the decision of how to index a table. Specifically, the decision to use a heap over a clustered index is one where misinformation spreads quite frequently.