PASS – Meanderings

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

As most people reading this would know…the PASS organization is in a state of crisis now following the decision to go virtual. We are in a place where we...

2020-07-03 (first published: 2020-06-20)

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Being seen and why PASS helped

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

One of my colleagues/friends read my earlier blog post on the future of PASS and said he was not aware that being seen as a minority person was among...

2020-06-22

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Deleting packages from SSIS Catalog

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

I was fortunate to attend a training on SSIS by my good friend and SSIS expert Andy Leonard(b|t). We already use the tool for ETL purposes where I work...

2020-05-18 (first published: 2020-05-04)

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Learning Postgres:Installation

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

I had the opportunity of working on a project converting a postgres database to a sql server based one at work. I used this opportunity to learn more of...

2020-04-13 (first published: 2020-04-06)

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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

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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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