How to know “all these things”
How to learn about foundational techniques used in DBMS? This post provides some pointers to great free resources.
How to learn about foundational techniques used in DBMS? This post provides some pointers to great free resources.
Last Monday I read DJ Adam’s blog post about GraphQL and how this tool might be useful to be added to the toolbox of SAP… Read More »A long comment
Cunningham’s Law is the idea that “the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to… Read More »Finding answers on workdays
A comprehensive overview on handling datetime data in SAP HANA – including timezone conversion, UTC handling and how it relates to JAVA/JDBC.
The development tools and techniques for SAP HANA have been extended and enhanced a couple of times since SAP HANA had first been released in… Read More »How to give what you don’t have
A brief twitter exchange triggered some thoughts about expectations and how those determine whether something is a good A, a passable B or a terrible… Read More »Maps and Paths
There was an interesting (aka nerdy) question in the SAP Community Q&A the other day: “Are SQLScript and HANA SQL Turing complete?” I took a… Read More »Is SAP HANA SQL/SQLScript Turing complete?
Happy New Year, dear reader! I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing time between Christmas and New Years Eve with your thoughts away from… Read More »Not a New Year’s thing
Have you been using the ISNUMERIC() function of MySQL, MS SQL Server or PostgreSQL and wondered what to use in SAP HANA instead? If so,… Read More »What’s your number?
How HANA is a real-life Mad Max like badass when using user defined functions (UDF)