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Calculate Easter Sunday Dynamically using SQL

In any data warehousing or analytics solution, you will eventually need to generate a calendar table in order to perform time intelligence analytics. One key aspect that most businesses will require is to view KPIs by working days only i.e. days when the business was operating normally. Each business will have their own unique rule sets …

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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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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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Dynamic External Tables in Azure Synapse Analytics On-Demand

What is an External Table? This article will focus on the Synapse Analytics implementation of External Tables.However, note that there are other flavours of external tables and they behave slightly differently depending on which product you are using to defined it. SQL Server SQL Database Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW) External Tables in …

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