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Install Apache Spark on macOS using Homebrew

Install Apache Spark on macOS using Homebrew

  • 2024-06-05
  • 3 minutes to read

It is really easy to install Apache Spark on macOS and load in data in just a few minutes using Homebrew.

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Connecting to a Postgres database with Azure Data Studio

Connecting to a Postgres database with Azure Data Studio

  • 2024-05-09
  • 2 minutes to read

You can connect to a Postgres database using Azure Data Studio with the help of the Postgres extension.

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Creating a Postgres docker container and connecting dbt

Creating a Postgres docker container and connecting dbt

  • 2024-05-09
  • 5 minutes to read

This post talks through how to create a Postgres database in a Docker container and connect dbt to it for local development.

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Steps required to set up the dbt SQL Server Adapter

Steps required to set up the dbt SQL Server Adapter

  • 2024-05-09
  • 6 minutes to read

This post explains how to get started with dbt and the SQL Server adapter. Also covers resolving some of the issues encountered on macOS.

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Running SQL Server natively on macOS using SQLCMD CLI

Running SQL Server natively on macOS using SQLCMD CLI

  • 2024-05-08
  • 6 minutes to read

It is really easy to run SQL Server on macOS using the new SQLCMD CLI tool. This post explains how to set it up.

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Running SQL Server on macOS Silicon natively using Docker

Running SQL Server on macOS Silicon natively using Docker

  • 2024-03-01
  • 3 minutes to read

It is really easy to run the SQL Server database engine natively on macOS silicon using Docker for local development.

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Set up Microsoft Fabric with Microsoft 365 Developer Account

Set up Microsoft Fabric with Microsoft 365 Developer Account

  • 2024-02-09
  • 2 minutes to read

If you do not have access to Microsoft Fabric development environment, you can use a Microsoft 365 Developer Account to spin up your own.

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Running SQL Server natively on macOS using Azure SQL Edge

Running SQL Server natively on macOS using Azure SQL Edge

  • 2023-06-30
  • 2 minutes to read

How to run SQL Server database engine on macOS with ARM architecture using Azure SQL Edge and Docker.

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Setting Up an RSS Feed for the Microsoft Fabric Blog

Setting Up an RSS Feed for the Microsoft Fabric Blog

  • 2023-06-16
  • 3 minutes to read

The new Microsoft Fabric blog annoyingly does not have an RSS feed, so I wanted to find out if I could roll my own.

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How to install and sign SqlPackage on macOS

How to install and sign SqlPackage on macOS

  • 2023-06-01
  • 5 minutes to read

How to install sqlpackage on macOS and resolve the security constraints that occur because Microsoft do not sign their packages properly.

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Azure Data Studio NU1101 error Unable to Find Package

Azure Data Studio NU1101 error Unable to Find Package

  • 2021-06-03
  • 1 minute to read

Error NU1101 raised whilst getting database projects to build using Azure Data Studio and steps to resolve it.

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Redgate SQL Provision, SQL Clone, Data Masker Part2

Redgate SQL Provision, SQL Clone, Data Masker Part2

  • 2019-10-02
  • 8 minutes to read

I got some time with the Redgate folks at SQLBits and had a demo of SQL Provision, I was really impressed, this is part 2 of my review.

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Redgate SQL Provision, SQL Clone, Data Masker Part1

Redgate SQL Provision, SQL Clone, Data Masker Part1

  • 2019-10-01
  • 10 minutes to read

I got some time with the Redgate folks at SQLBits and had a demo of SQL Provision, I was really impressed, this is part 1 of my review.

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