Speaking at Events
G’day, I recently got the opportunity to speak at the “PASS Marathon, The New World of Data Privacy”. I had not spoken at a virtually event for quite some...
2019-05-28
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Azure Notebooks – a nice little tool.
Gday,
I’ve been playing with Azure notebooks lately and have found them invaluable as
A teaching aidA test sandboxI’ve been using Python...
2019-01-31
1,100 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #109 – Mentors and Mentees
G’day again,
So, it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, the blog party
started by Adam Machanic (
This time we're talking about people...
2018-12-11
175 reads
TSQL Tuesday #108 – Learning to Learn
G’day,
One attribute that I think is more relevant today than ever is to have a broad base of skills with...
2018-11-15
191 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #97 – We don’t need no Education! (or do we?)
TweetG’day,
Well, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time again -the blog party started by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and this month hosted by Mala Mahadevan. This...
2017-12-12
528 reads
Flexible connections and an old friend
TweetG’day,
Just lately I’ve found myself involved with an app that needed to run on a server and nearly always (although...
2017-11-26
445 reads
What would you tell your younger self?
TweetG’day,
Well, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time again -the blog party started by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and this month hosted by...
2017-07-11
633 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #90 – Shipping database changes
TweetG’day,
Well, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time again -the blog party started by Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) and this month hosted by...
2017-05-09
661 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #89 – New horizons and new opportunities!
TweetG’day,
TSQL Tuesday
I thought that I’d write a few words about this months T-SQL Tuesday -the blog party started by Adam...
2017-04-11
982 reads
SQL Saturday South Island, New Zealand (SSSI)
TweetG’day,
Saturday 8th April 2017 will see the biggest ever SQL Saturday South Island New Zealand. The event started in 2013...
2017-03-28
962 reads
Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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