DBA best practices..from the DBA from Heaven
I met Tom Roush for the first time around 9 years ago – at a PASS Summit. If I recall right...
2018-02-01
691 reads
Mala Mahadevan
SQL Saturday Nashville 2018
I decided to go to the SQL Saturday at Nashville this year to get some good learning and networking in...
2018-01-15
444 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 – My learning plan
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by…er..yours truly. I picked a topic that usually comes up for me every December...
2017-12-25 (first published: 2017-12-11)
2,387 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 Roundup: Learning goals for 2018
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party started by respected SQL Guru Adam Machanic. I was honored with hosting this...
2017-12-18
819 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 – Setting learning goals for 2018
This is my first opportunity hosting a T-SQL Tuesday and am super excited!!T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of well respected SQL Guru...
2017-12-04
950 reads
Dealing with disquiet
Last week I listened to a podcast from one of my best friends in the sql community – Kendra Little. In...
2017-11-23 (first published: 2017-11-11)
1,964 reads
TSQL Tuesday #96 – Folks who have made a difference
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Ewald Cress, and the topic is ‘Folks who have made a difference’. This...
2017-11-14
432 reads
PASS Summit 2017 – the best ever
I have been a PASS summit attendee for 14 years now. This year is my 15th. Every year is different...
2017-11-05
708 reads
Understanding ANOVA
ANOVA – or analysis of variance, is a term given to a set of statistical models that are used to analyze...
2017-10-16 (first published: 2017-10-09)
2,519 reads
Box-and-whisker plot and data patterns with R and T-SQL
R is particularly good with drawing graphs with data. Some graphs are familiar to most DBAs as it has been...
2017-10-03 (first published: 2017-09-25)
2,645 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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