Data, Process, Insights & things I write about
Apart from writing blog posts I have written answers to many questions on several Q&A sites like StackOverflow and SAP Community. Some of those answers received good feedback and/or the answer surprised me once I worked… Read More » Answers Pinboard
When SAP tries to explain HANA as a technology the buzz words “Big Data” have always been part of the story. Commonly “Big Data with HANA” then gets specified to mean one or another thing - often to caveat what the… Read More » SAP HANA middle of the road for Big Data or just average?
Real programming # One of the aspects of doing “actual” programming is to automate computations. Making the computer do things not just once, say by running a calculation on the October sales data, but to do it over and… Read More » Separate business logic from tables and avoid dynamic SQL
A journey of 1000 miles… # We are developers. We make the modern world tick and create tools for information workers. We are computer scientists, IT experts, and coders, and we call ourselves engineers. We even renamed a… Read More » How to engineer your DB code
On the last weekend in May, just a few days ago, the SAP Online Track was held. A volunteer-driven, online developer, and user event around SAP technology. https://twitter.com/Sygyzmundovych/status/1250811896737005570 A… Read More » SAP Online Track 2020
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 swing at it and the following is my result (a slightly edited version of my… Read More » Is SAP HANA SQL/SQLScript Turing complete?
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, this is the blog post for you. Read More » What's your number?
Hey there! I recently presented a short session on my experiences with developing and debugging non-classic-SAP HANA solutions at the Leading Insights conference in Melbourne (27./28.3.2017). And since the slides are… Read More » Eco-friendly slide recycling with HANA