T-SQL Tuesday #185: Video
This month’s invite is from Erik Darling, who invites you to make a video on any topic of your choice. I liked his reasoning for this and appreciate his...
2025-04-23 (first published: 2025-04-08)
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Mala's Data Blog
T-SQL Tuesday #184 Mentoring and Sponsorship
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday blog party is hosted by Deborah Melkin – Data Platform MVP, WIT co-lead and WITspiration founder. Deb’s invitation is to blog about mentoring and sponsorship. What...
2025-03-21 (first published: 2025-03-11)
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PASS Summit 2024 – A new experience
I attended the PASS Data Community Summit held in Seattle in person this year after a long gap of 4 years and after RedGate software took over running the...
2025-01-22 (first published: 2025-01-13)
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T-SQL Tuesday 177 roundup: Managing database code
I was privileged to host yet another T-SQL Tuesday, for the month of August, 2024. My topic was on Managing database code. I was worried about getting responses, given...
2024-09-09 (first published: 2024-08-18)
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Managing Database code
This is my own contribution to the T-SQL Tuesday I am hosting – on managing database code. I am from the older generation – where the farthest we went...
2024-08-18
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T-SQL Tuesday 177: Managing database code
I am excited to host the T-SQL Tuesday blog party for August 2024. I’ve done this many times, but I always remember when I was new to the community...
2024-08-07
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T-SQL Tuesday #176 One piece of advice that you wish Past you had
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by a dear friend, long time SQL Server MVP and book author – Louis Davidson. Louis’s call is for us to blog about...
2024-07-24 (first published: 2024-07-09)
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Why the masters and what lies ahead
I recently graduated with a Master’s in Strategic Communication from the University of Delaware. Attending the graduation ceremony with my sister made it a truly memorable experience. Here’s a...
2024-06-17 (first published: 2024-05-28)
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T-SQL Tuesday #174: Your Favorite Job Interview Question
My blog has been quiet lately. I recently wrapped up a master’s program (more details on that soon, once the formal graduation is behind me) and have been immersed...
2024-05-31 (first published: 2024-05-14)
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2024- Of ‘quiet quitting’ and ‘life in the hallway’
My good friend Gina Menorek shared this article from NY Post on the overwhelming exhaustion among tech workers. The article talks of ‘quiet quitting’ – not quitting our jobs...
2024-01-08 (first published: 2023-12-31)
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Blogs
EightKB 2025 – Schedule and Registration
Hello Hello, We. Are. Back! The schedule for EightKB 2025 Edition has been announced!...
Why Not Just Use VARCHAR(MAX)?
A while ago I was looking into some odd errors that were cropping up...
Quick Wins with GenAI
By Steve Jones
The more I look to GenAI to save me minutes, short periods of time,...
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Batchmode execution in SQL 2019
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How to Work with RStudio and SQL Server
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Finding Heaps
If I am querying DMVs for a heap, what do I look for?
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