A collection of short fiction that's "fearless, fun, and sometimes filthy" (Alice Sebold, bestselling author of The Lovely Bones).Called "wildly inventive, profane, and hilarious" by Bret Easton Ellis, these short stories from the author of the cult classic Dear Dead Person head in countess surprising directions—from a skiing Hitler on the bunny slope, to a man dealing with dubbing porn tapes and cleaning up an overflowing toilet, to the sex lives...

Get a head-start on learning one of SQL Server 2019’s latest and most impactful features—Big Data Clusters—that combines large volumes of non-relational data for analysis along with data stored relationally inside a SQL Server database. This book provides a first look at Big Data Clusters based upon SQL Server 2019 Release Candidate 1. Start now and get a jump on your competition in learning this important new feature.Big Data Clusters is a feature set covering data virtualization,...

Use this guide to one of SQL Server 2019’s most impactful features—Big Data Clusters. You will learn about data virtualization and data lakes for this complete artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) platform within the SQL Server database engine. You will know how to use Big Data Clusters to combine large volumes of streaming data for analysis along with data stored in a traditional database. For example, you can stream large volumes of data from Apache Spark in real time w...

Learn Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) for automating much of the repetitive, manual labor involved in data integration. We teach you how to build frameworks and use advanced Biml features to get more out of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Transact-SQL (T-SQL), and SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) than you ever thought possible.The first part of the book starts with the basics—getting your development environment configured, Biml syntax, and scripting essenti...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An inspiring story that manages to be painful, honest, shocking, bawdy, and hilarious.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless a...

Get the scoop on designing databases for Mac and WindowsUse FileMaker Pro design and scripting to quickly, easily build databases that solve real problemsFileMaker Pro has grown up, and it's better than ever! This easy-to-use guide shows you how to design a great FileMaker application, build a database that works, add the functionality you need, populate your database, and venture into programming with ScriptMaker. You'll find out how to share and protect your database, too...

Getting familiar with Talend Open Studio will greatly enhance your data handling and integration capabilities. This is the perfect reference book for beginners and intermediates with a host of practical recipes that clarify even complex features.Key FeaturesA collection of exercises covering all development aspects including schemas, mapping using tMap, database and working with filesGet your code ready for the production environment by including the us...

An American comic icon tells the story of his second–act rise from obscurity to multimedia stardom."When I was a kid," writes Rodney Dangerfield, "I worked tough places in show business––places like Fonzo's Knuckle Room. Or Aldo's, formerly Vito's, formerly Nunzio's. That was a tough joint. I looked at the menu. They had broken leg of lamb." For once, one of America's most beloved comic icons isn't kidding. Dangerfield has seen every aspect of the entertainment industry: the rough–...

For the past ten years, O'Reilly's Oracle PL/SQL Programming has been the bestselling book on PL/SQL, Oracle's powerful procedural language. Packed with examples and helpful recommendations, the book has helped everyone--from novices to experienced developers, and from Oracle Forms developers to database administrators--make the most of PL/SQL.The fourth edition is a comprehensive update, adding significant new content and extending coverage to include the very latest Orac...

Michelle Visage is not your average diva. Powerful, positive, and polished, this diva's not only glamorous, she's a savvy businesswoman with serious credentials who works her tail off. From her days vogueing in the downtown Manhattan clubs in the '90s to her successful career in radio and her ultimate cult status as a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race, Michelle has achieved her dreams and then some! In The Diva Rules, Visage shares her rules and advice for living life to the fullest and...

This eBook is intended to teach the basics of using the MySQL relational database management system (RDBMS) to create and manage databases and is ideal for those unfamiliar with both databases in general and MySQL in particular. Topics covered include the basics of relational databases MySQL installation on Linux and Windows systems an overview of the MySQL administration tools database security and detailed tutorials on using SQL to create manage and retrieve data.

Each chapter of the book quickly introduces a key theme of Data Analysis, before immersing you in the practical aspects of each theme. Youll learn quickly how to perform all aspects of Data Analysis.Practical Data Analysis is a book ideal for home and small business users who want to slice & dice the data they have on hand with minimum hassle.