SQL Saturdays – down memory lane
A casual twitter-conversation with Karla Landrum and some other peeps led me down memory lane on older events. Our SQL...
2017-05-01
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Mala Mahadevan
Normal approximation to binomial distribution using T-SQL and R
In the previous post I demonstrated the use of binomial formula to calculate probabilities of events occurring in certain situations....
2017-04-17
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The Binomial Formula with T-SQL and R
In a previous post I explained the basics of probability. In this post I will use some of those principles to...
2017-04-17 (first published: 2017-04-10)
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Sampling Distribution and Central Limit Theorem
In this post am going to explain (in highly simplified terms) two very important statistical concepts – the sampling distribution and central...
2017-04-03
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Basics of Probability
In this post am going to introduce into some of the basic principles of probability – and use it in other posts...
2017-03-30 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Generating Frequency Table
This week’s blog post is rather simple. One of the main characteristics of a data set involving classes, or discrete...
2017-03-20 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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TSQL2sday – Daily database WTF
This month’s TSQL Tuesday is organized by Kennie T Pontoppidan(t) – the topic is ‘Daily Database WTF‘ – or a horror story...
2017-03-12
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The Empirical Rule
I am resuming technical blogging after a gap of nearly a month. I will continue to blog my re learning...
2017-03-02 (first published: 2017-02-27)
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SQL Cruise 2017 – Western Carribean – my experience
As some readers may know, I am a regular attendee on SQL Cruise s for 8 years now. SQLCruise is...
2017-02-19
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My Epic Life Quest
I have always maintained a private bucket list. I have not had the courage to actually put it down in...
2017-01-13 (first published: 2017-01-02)
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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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers