Month: November 2021

Query JSON data in SQL Server and Synapse Analytics

When would you work with JSON Data? JSON is a popular data representation format used on the web to exchange information between remote parties.It is also used for storing unstructured data in log files or NoSQL Document Databases such as MongoDB or Azure CosmosDB.SQL also has the ability to store JSON data in a text …

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Global Parameters 101 in Azure Data Factory

What the heck are they? Global Parameters are fixed values across the entire Data Factory and can be referenced in a pipeline at execution time. They have many applications e.g. when multiple pipelines require identical parameters and values at run time and you don’t want to duplicate them in variables across said pipelines. When you utilize …

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Query Azure Data Lake via Synapse Serverless Security Credentials Setup

Overview Azure Synapse Analytics Serverless SQL Endpoint has the capability to query files that are stored in an Azure Data Lake using T-SQL code as if they were regular tables in a relational database.These files can be semi-structured or unstructured in nature. Using the Create External Table As Select (CETAS) functionality, you can even generate new …

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