Last Week Reading (2019-04-28)

An unusual week has passed. SQL Server’s 30th birthday – learn a bit about history. Future? Here you are! .NET enters under Spark’s thatch, and more…

Press

Happy 30th Birthday Microsoft SQL Server
Have you seen the Bill Gates and Edward M. Esbar Jr. video promoting SQL Server 1.0?

.NET for Apache Spark
Yes, you have heard very well, …

Introducing .NET for Apache® Spark™ Preview
… and here you have more details.

Removing multiple patterns from a string
Hugo Kornelis (T) explains step by step how he has built it in pure T-SQL.

Grouped Aggregate Pushdown
Quite deep and interesting article about factors that affect aggregate pushdown for GROUP BY queries only.

ASF 021: Guy in a Cube interview (part 1)
Yoooo! The new episode went off. This time, along with Prathy, we’re interviewing Adam and Patrick.

A word from Microsoft’s CEO

Congratulations Melinda, on the launch of your book. It’s such a valuable contribution to a topic that couldn’t be more important to society today. I’ve always learned so much from the stories you’ve shared – and am encouraged that more people will benefit from your insights. https://t.co/Hs1nO63MMr

— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) 23 April 2019

Video: Code-free modern data warehouse…

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