Born SQL with Randolph West

A blog post about writing blog posts

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

I recently wrote about how I teach, in response to a T-SQL Tuesday post from 2010. This is a continuation of that theme, suggested by my own editor. Thanks,...

2021-01-13

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Security update for all supported versions of SQL Server (CVE-2021-1636)

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

Microsoft announced updates today for all supported versions of SQL Server, for a privilege escalation vulnerability that leverages Extended Events. For security reasons no further details have been provided, but...

2021-01-12

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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #008: Gettin’ Schooled

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

To view posts about previous T-SQL Tuesday entries, please use this tag. The late, great, Robert Davis invited us on Independence Day 2010 to write about Gettin’ Schooled: We...

2021-01-06

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2020 was certainly a year on the calendar

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

According to my blog post schedule, this is the final post of the year. It’s nothing more than a coincidence, but making it through the worst year in living...

2020-12-30

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Goodbye PASS

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of...

2020-12-23

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Announcing the Calgary Data User Group

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

In 2018 I started a new user group called the Calgary Data User Group, and hosted one session called “The Ethics of Machine Learning.” It was well-attended and its...

2020-12-16

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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #007: Summertime in the SQL

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

This is the seventh post in my retrospective attempt to answer every T-SQL Tuesday invitation. In the beginning of June 2010, Jorge Segarra invited us to write about our...

2020-12-09

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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #006: What about blob?

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

I am revisiting old T-SQL Tuesday invitations from the very beginning of the project. On May 3, 2010, Michael Coles invited us to write about how we use LOB...

2020-12-02

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T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #005: Reporting

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

A few weeks ago, I began answering every single T-SQL Tuesday from the beginning. This week it’s the fifth entry, and on April 5th, 2010, Aaron Nelson invited us...

2020-11-25

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Setting yourself up for online streaming success, PASS Virtual Summit style

• by Randolph West

• Born SQL with Randolph West

Last week I presented on three separate occasions during what is considered the biggest Microsoft Data Platform conference of the year, the PASS Summit: Full-day pre-conference session Speaker Idol...

2020-11-18

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