Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Just when my youngest daughter was learning Fibonacci 😉 130 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Yeah! Belgium Central is open for business. A new Azure zone at a few kilometers from the office... No more complaining about latency, I guess 😁💪 #Azure #Belgium 020 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Hard Rock International is sponsoring the new White House Ballroom... Quite unique location for another Hard Rock Cafe! Would they open a shop as well? 🤔 020 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Next Stijn is explaining embeddings, and how to use them in SQL server 020 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Dataminds evening session at U2U. First Jurgen shows how to do streaming ETL in databricks with the declarative pipelines 110 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Semifinal of the bike contest at #techorama! #u2u 020 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 20/05/2025When I use the CopyData activity in a #MicrosoftFabric pipeline, it allows for blanks in the column names. But then I try to append to the existing table from the lakehouse explorer, I get the error that blanks are not allowed... weird 🤔 000 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 22/02/2025DataMinds Saturday is kicking off. A full classroom to discuss the fabric versus Azure decisions to process streaming days 120 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Belgian Power BI user group is kicking off its first meeting in Lier. 081 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025In just two weeks it's #DataMindsSaturday. Looking forward to meet the Belgian SQL family in Mechelen! If you're into AI or approximate search, don't miss my session on the new VECTOR data type in SQL Server and Azure SQL Databases 000 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Bye Bye long list of Microsoft Fabric experiences 👋 Welcome new Microsoft Fabric experience 040 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 23/01/2025🫣 I was clearly missing the experience to switch experiences. Thanks for the reminder! I even got an entire new Fabric View experience, just to remind me 😁 130 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Microsoft Fabric question: In the past I could upload notebook (.ipynb) files via the Upload menu. But that now only supports uploading .pbix and .rdl files. Is there any other way to upload existing notebooks in a Fabric workspace? #FabricHelp #notebook 100 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Sessionize is so in favor of inclusion that they add everybody to the top 3 percent! How thoughtful of them 020 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Somebody in the Fabric development team surely loves underscores ❤️ In this situation, better than camelCase if you ask my opinion 😉 000 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Did you know the new Fabric databases support the new vector data type? So you have a database to support your AI solutions ready in #MicrosoftFabric! 060 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The Purview "Data Catalog" is very recently renamed into "Unified Catalog". Seems there is no end to all this renaming. Microsoft, please, have pity on people who create training material 😰 131 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I don't really agree. Kusto is not declarative. I did a PhD in declarative programming languages, but even then I really love the non-declarative aspects of Kusto. And if you put "explain" in front of a SQL query, ADX will show you the Kusto query equivalent: 200 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 18/11/2024"They made only one table in the entire database, and it looks like this:" 240 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Updating the U2U Purview class with the new portal. I understand the need to update interfaces, but as a trainer who needs to keep the training material updated, I really hope a LLM in the near future can update all my slides and labs 😉 www.u2u.be/training/mic... 011 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 25/12/2023Merry christmas, enjoy the good things in life, and make time for the important things in life! 000 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 24/11/202310 years ago we were foster family for a golden retriever for 18 months, till he became an assistance dog for wheelchair users. But after many years of faithful service, the dog now retired back into the family. Crazy how the dog still recognizes me after 8 years! 140 0
Nico Jacobs @sqlwaldorf.bsky.social · 10/10/2023Yesterday, part of the #sqlfamily was enjoying a nice evening in the city center of Mechelen. Lots of chatting, joking (and a bit of food and drinks). It doesn't make the news, but most happy things don't make the news. They have an awful bias... 110 0
