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Using Apache Spark SQL to Explore S&P 500, and Oil Stock Prices
This post will use Apache Spark SQL and DataFrames to query, compare and explore S&P 500, Exxon and Anadarko Petroleum…
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SQL Query on Mixed Schema Data Using Apache Drill
You may have heard this statement before: Apache Drill does schema discovery on-the-fly. What does that mean, and why should…
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SQL for Application Developers
“SQL? Isn’t that just something my ORM tools use?” Often application developers can and should remain at least one level…
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Correlated Subqueries are Evil and Slow. Or are They?
A common myth in SQL is the idea that correlated subqueries are evil and slow. For example, this query here:…
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NetBeans SQL Profiler – Take it for a Spin!
The upcoming release of NetBeans, currently in active development and testing, boasts plenty of new features. A few of them…
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10 SQL Tricks That You Didn’t Think Were Possible
Listicles like these do work – not only do they attract attention, if the content is also valuable (and in…
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Time for some Funky SQL: Prefix Sum Calculation
This Stack Overflow question has yet again nerd-sniped me: [finding the] maximum element in the array that would result from…
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Apache Spark as a Distributed SQL Engine
SQL has been here for awhile and people like it. However, the engines that power SQL have changed with time…
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10 Easy Steps to a Complete Understanding of SQL
Too many programmers think SQL is a bit of a beast. It is one of the few declarative languages out…
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