Telecommute Resources

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

This is a summary of potential resources for any tech person who is interested in working from home – temporarily or full time. It came about from a twitter...

2020-03-18 (first published: 2020-03-09)

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T-SQL Tuesday 123: Life Hacks to make your day easier

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jess Pomfret. Jess’s theme is ‘Life Hacks to make your day easier’. She talks of some things we do to make life...

2020-02-17 (first published: 2020-02-11)

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T-SQL Tuesday #122: Being authentic

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jon Shaulis – the topic is an evergreen one, dealing with Imposter Syndrome. I learned of this word via Mindy Curnett a.k.a...

2020-01-15

Epic Life Quest – 2020 Update

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

I started keeping a written record on bigger goals in life from the year 2018 – following the example set by Steve Jones and Brent Ozar. This method of...

2020-01-06

T-SQL Tuesday 121 – Gifts received – Summary

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

I got several responses for the last T-SQL Tuesday of the year that am honored to host. My topic was to blog on whatever you considered to be a...

2019-12-27 (first published: 2019-12-12)

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Querying database schema using graph tables

• by Mala Mahadevan

• SQLServerCentral

• Graph databases

SQL Server 2017 introduced the concept of graph data tables as part of the SQL Server database engine. With SQL Server 2019, there were some enhancements like ‘shortest path’ function and constraints on edge tables that make this feature more usable – although it is far from a full-fledged graph database. Graph tables are essentially […]

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2019-12-23

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T-SQL Tuesday #121 Gifts received

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

I am hosting 2019’s last T-SQL Tuesday of the year. I chose to ask people to write on gifts they had received – by way of community, relationships, or...

2019-12-10

T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

It is December again. 2019 has gone by in a flash. I have the honor of hosting the last TSQL Tuesday blog party of the year. This monthly blog...

2019-12-03

PASS Summit 2019 Takeaways

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

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

PASS Summit 2019: Day 1 Keynote – my takeaways

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

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