PASS Summit 2019 Takeaways
I attended my 16th PASS Summit this November 6th, 2019 at Seattle. It was a wonderful week of learning and networking. Below are my takeaways for key days. The...
2019-11-13
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Mala Mahadevan
PASS Summit 2019: Day 1 Keynote – my takeaways
I’ve been at the bloggers table for two years now. I felt honored to be selected this year too. The day has started a bit differently – bloggers were...
2019-11-07
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Geneology with SQL Graph – Part II
In the previous post I explored a query on how to construct a basic family tree with sql graph – including table set up and queries. In this post...
2019-10-24
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Geneology with SQL Graph – I
I have been working a lot of SQL Graph related queries and applications of the graph data concept to the extent possible within SQL Server’s graph capabilities. Genealogy, or...
2019-10-17 (first published: 2019-10-14)
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T-SQL Tuesday: Changing my mind
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my friend across the pond – Alex Yates. Alex has a fantastic topic for us to blog about – he asks us...
2019-10-14 (first published: 2019-10-08)
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Graph – Shortest Path
‘Shortest path’ is by far the most feature of SQL Graph for now. What does this even mean? ‘Shortest path’ is the term accorded to the shortest distance between...
2019-10-08 (first published: 2019-09-22)
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Simple Graph Queries
In this post we saw how to create some graph tables with data. In this I will explore simple queries off of this data and how they compare with...
2019-10-01 (first published: 2019-09-21)
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Protected: Vajrasara – an interview with Lashana Lewis – Part 1
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2019-09-02
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Protected: Vajrasara – An interview with Lashana Lewis – Part 2
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2019-09-02
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Graph Databases – Introduction
I have been looking into this feature and also into understanding graph data in general. I believe introduction of graph database feature in SQL Server has many advantages –...
2019-08-22 (first published: 2019-08-09)
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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