In this article, we will give a brief introduction of Hadoop and how it is integrated with SQL Server. Then, we will illustrate how to connect to the Hadoop cluster on-premises using the SSIS Hadoop connection manager and the related tasks.
This is a conceptual article consisting of two parts with enough supported material for any data professional or enthusiast with databases or data warehouse development background willing to go a step ahead by using an industry-recognized SQL unit testing framework called tSQLt.
In this article, we will discuss a number of questions that you may be asked when applying to a senior SQL Server database administrator position.
In this article, I’m going to introduce the data-tier applications in SQL Server. As the official documentation from Microsoft says – “Data-tier applications in SQL Server are a logical entity that can be used to develop and manage most of the SQL Server objects like tables, views, stored procedures, functions etc. as a self-contained package“. […]
In this article, we will be discussing measuring Accuracy in Data Mining in SQL Server. We have discussed all the Data mining techniques that are available in SQL Server in a series of articles. The discussed techniques were Naïve Bayes, Decision Trees, Time Series, Association Rules, Clustering, Linear Regression, Neural Network, Sequence Clustering. Data mining […]
This article gives an overview of Python Script functions to split strings and string concatenation functions.
This 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 […]
Analyzing data with Power BI has always been fascinating to me. With ever-growing data comes more risk, and hence more security is needed. In this article, I am going to introduce what row-level security in Power BI is and how does it work. I’ll also demonstrate in detail how to implement the same in Power […]
In this article, I’m going to discuss the different ways in which we can deploy SSAS cubes. SSAS or SQL Server Analysis Services is an enterprise-grade analytical data engine which helps business to create semantic models that can be used for reporting and making better decisions. The semantic layer created by SSAS can be accessed […]
Visual Studio is an application that is used by many developers and it has different kinds of features that can facilitate the developer’s work. Among these features, Visual Studio offers users the feature to compare two SQL databases via its Schema compare feature.
In this article, I’m going to discuss Row-Level Security in SQL Server. RLS or Row-Level Security as the name suggests is a security mechanism that restricts the records from a SQL Server table based on the authorization context of the current user that is logged in. This means the records from the tables are displayed […]
In the article, Python scripts to format data in Microsoft Excel, we used Python scripts for creating an excel and do various data formatting. Python is an interesting high-level programming language. You can go through various use cases of Python on SQLShack.
This article gives a comprehensive overview of custom stored procedure sp_whoisactive.
In this article, I’m going to explain what a Power BI Data Gateway is and how to set it up. I’ll also cover the underlying architecture that the gateway uses and how to manage on-premise data using the Data Gateway.
This article explores the SQL Server session context function, SESSION_CONTEXT() and performs its comparison with the function, CONTEXT_INFO().
In this article, we will use Python scripts for data formatting in Microsoft Excel sheet with various examples.
In this article, we will run through the new options added in the Query Store with SSMS v18.4.
This article walks through different versions of the T-SQL IF EXISTS statement for the SQL database using various examples.
Introduction The Jupyter notebook is a powerful and interactive tool that supports various programming languages such as Python, R, Julia. This open-source utility is popular among data scientists and engineers. This notebook integrates both code and text in a document that allows you to execute code, view visualization, solve mathematical equations.
This article explores the SSMS Code Snippet feature and ways to customize it.
This is in continuation of the previous articles How to monitor internal data structures of SQL Server In-Memory database objects and SQL Server In-Memory database internal memory structure monitoring.
This article gives you an overview of BACPAC package and its usage in SQL Database data refresh (data import and export) using SQL Server management studio.
Today, data is the basis of any business. The world of enterprise computing is the epitome of data-driven businesses. The importance of structured storage of data is unquestionably in the focus. And at this time, with the computing model quickly shifting towards the cloud, and storage costs falling rapidly, enterprises are leveraging data more and […]
Introduction Power BI is enriched with many useful visualizations and helps to represent data in various forms. We have explored many use cases of PowerBI in SQLShack articles.
This article explores the process of JSON data import in the SQL Server table using T-SQL and SSIS.
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