T-SQL Tuesday is the blog party started by Adam Machanic (b|t) over a decade ago and is now maintained by Steve Jones (b|t) on tsqltuesday.com. Each month, lots of people blog their thoughts on a common topic. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is from Erik Darling (b|t) who is asking us to share a video, talking…
Introduction While I’ve been a regular attendee at SQL Bits (going back to the original conference in 2007), this year I did something different. This was my first time volunteering – becoming a SQLBits Helper. I’m lucky to already know some people who are experienced SQLBits Helpers. They helped me out by answering some…
T-SQL Tuesday is the blog party started by Adam Machanic (b|t) over a decade ago and is now maintained by Steve Jones (b|t) on tsqltuesday.com. Each month, lots of people blog their thoughts on a common topic. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is from Gethyn Ellis (b|t) who is asking us to share the “best piece…
In the cloud, no one can hear you scream! Have you ever accidentally locked yourself out of a Server by reverting to default settings on Windows Firewall? I haven’t done it personally, but I’ve seen how much of an issue that it can be. It’s easily done. When making changes in Windows Defender Firewall,…
parkrun, for the uninitiated, is a free, friendly organised 5k run that takes place on a Saturday morning at 9:00. It’s not a race, but it is timed and you will get a result, so long as you’ve registered once with parkrun and you take along your Barcode. While SQLBits delegates are unlikely to want…
T-SQL Tuesday is the blog party started by Adam Machanic (b|t) over a decade ago and is now maintained by Steve Jones (b|t) on tsqltuesday.com. Each month, lots of people blog their thoughts on a common topic. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is from Raul Gonzalez (b|t) who is asking us to reveal all about our use…
T-SQL Tuesday is the blog party started by Adam Machanic (b|t) over a decade ago and is now maintained by Steve Jones (b|t) on tsqltuesday.com. Each month, lots of people blog their thoughts on a common topic. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is all about the use of dynamic SQL. I use Dynamic SQL a lot…
Introduction T-SQL Tuesday is the blog party started by Adam Machanic (b|t) over a decade ago and is now maintained by Steve Jones (b|t) on tsqltuesday.com. Each month, ots of people blog their thoughts on a common topic. Month #153 is hosted by Kevin Kline with the topic of “The Conference That Changed Everything For…
I went to SQLBits 2022 last week, returning with feelings of joy, inspiration, a cold and a swollen ankle! Here follows a long rambling essay about my experiences, peppered with a collection of random photos from random people. I learned loads at SQLBits, from a technical perspective, I picked up a lot of knowledge but…
Sometimes, queries just go bad. They can take you on a Journey. Not always a Journey that you want to go on, but so long as you’re learning then “The Journey is the reward”. I’ve seen a lot of queries recently that use the EXCEPT operator. Frequently used in Data Warehouses to process Slowly Changing…
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