Blog Posts

Daily Coping 7 Dec 2022

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to stop for a minute when you walk outside and just enjoy nature. It’s getting cold in Colorado, but we had a day recently that...

2022-12-07

Encryption and Data Protection Regulation

• by Matthew McGiffen

• Matthew McGiffen DBA

One of the reasons you may be considering encryption is due to the relevant data protection regulation: either because the regulation specifies that data should be encrypted or because...

2022-12-07

Daily Coping 6 Dec 2022

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to find a new way to tell someone you appreciate them. My daughter is away at school, but she has a prescription that is still...

2022-12-06

T-SQL Tuesday #157 – “End of Year Activity”

• by gbargsley

• GarryBargsley

Welcome to the final T-SQL Tuesday for 2022. My ask is, what do you have planned for end-of-year activities for your SQL environment? Do you have annual processes or...

2022-12-06

Types of data consulting engagements and what you can expect from them

• by Meagan Longoria

• Data Savvy

There are multiple ways organizations can engage with a data (DBA/analytics/data architect/ML/etc.) consultant. The type of engagement you choose affects the pace and deliverables of the project, and the...

2022-12-06

What’s next: Job search burnout

• by Kenneth Fisher

• SQLStudies

I was given 4.5 months notice this past June and was fortunate to find a new job. I blogged about ... Continue reading

2022-12-06

Daily Coping 5 Dec 2022

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Today’s coping tip is to look for new reasons to be hopeful, even in tough times. My life is pretty amazing most of the time. There are some stressful...

2022-12-05

InvalidAbfsRestOperationException in Azure Synapse notebook

• by Kamil

• SQL Player Blog

Problem The first issue that developers in my team noticed was when they tried to create database with Spark: Error message: org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: MetaException(meesage: Got exception:  org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.exceptions.InvalidAbfsRestOperationException Status code:...

2022-12-05

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InvalidAbfsRestOperationException in Azure Synapse notebook

• by Kamil

• SQL Player Blog

Problem The first issue that developers in my team noticed was when they tried to create database with Spark: Error message: org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException: MetaException(meesage: Got exception:  org.apache.hadoop.fs.azurebfs.contracts.exceptions.InvalidAbfsRestOperationException Status code:...

2022-12-05

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What do we want to achieve by encrypting our data?

• by Matthew McGiffen

• Matthew McGiffen DBA

On the face of it, this is a very obvious question with a very obvious answer. We want to prevent data from falling into the wrong hands. In practice,...

2022-12-05