Mala Mahadevan

My name is Malathi, a.k.a Mala - I am a DBA turned BI/Data Science person, working with SQL Server since 6.5. I am also founder of the Louisville SQL Server user group, organizer of 8 SQL Saturdays, Regional mentor for northeast, and 14-year PASS conference attendee. In my spare time I love to garden, travel, read, paint, and do yoga.

Advent of Code – Day 2 – Using Cross apply

by Mala Mahadevan

Mala's Data Blog

For this post i worked on second puzzle in the Adventofcode series. This wasn’t as challenging as the first one, but...

2016-02-02

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Advent of Code – Day 1 – Parsing a variable

by Mala Mahadevan

Mala's Data Blog

I have been following the series of posts written by my friend and SQL MCM Wayne Sheffield on some TSQL...

2016-01-19

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Comparing data in two identical tables

by Mala Mahadevan

Mala's Data Blog

Continuing with the recipes in SQL Server 2012 T-SQL recipes book – I was drawn to this puzzle that asked for...

2015-12-14

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Blogs

KDA: Echoes of Deception - Onboarding

I’ll walk through the KDA UI and tackle the first challenge before diving into...

Kusto Detective Agency - Intro

While I mostly write about SQL Server, I have a soft spot for Kusto....

The Book of Redgate: Customer Quotes

Many organizations list customer testimonials and quotes on their websites or literature. It makes...

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Meta AI by Facebook: A New Contender in the AI Battle

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