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TSQL Tuesday #134 – Taking a break

• by Mala Mahadevan

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This month’s TSQL Tuesday invite is from James McGillivray – he asks people to write about what they were/are doing to take a break during this crisis ridden time...

2021-01-12

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End of an Era – SQL PASS and Lessons learned

• by Mala Mahadevan

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Most of my blog is filled with posts related to PASS in some way. Events, various volunteering opportunities, keynote blogging, this or that…With the demise of the organization, I...

2020-12-31 (first published: 2020-12-22)

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PASS Summit 2020 – My experience

• by Mala Mahadevan

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This was the first year in 16 years for me that there has been a fall season without the PASS Summit to go to. Every year, during the fall,...

2020-11-25 (first published: 2020-11-15)

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T-SQL Tuesday 132: Coping with a pandemic

• by Mala Mahadevan

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This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my good friend and data platform MVP Taiob Ali. Taiob’s challenge is very relevant to current season – he asks to blog...

2020-11-10

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T-SQL Tuesday 131: Data Analogies, or: Explain Databases Like I’m Five!

• by Mala Mahadevan

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This month’s TSQL2sday is hosted by one of my favorite presenters, Rob Volk. His challenge for us is to use analogies and explain a database concept like you would...

2020-10-19 (first published: 2020-10-13)

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Azure SQL Championship

• by Mala Mahadevan

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There is no doubt that this is a time when we all have to be extra aware and work towards keeping our skills aligned with market needs. During this...

2020-10-13 (first published: 2020-10-07)

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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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PASS – Meanderings

• by Mala Mahadevan

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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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Deleting packages from SSIS Catalog

• by Mala Mahadevan

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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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