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 and I have mid level familiarity with it. I was able to pick up many best practices and tips and tricks. I highly recommend Andy’s training… Continue reading Deleting packages from SSIS Catalog
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 this platform and decided to write some blog posts on it. I will be focusing quite a bit on how this compares with SQL Server as… Continue reading Learning Postgres:Installation
This is a summary of potential resources for any tech person who is interested in working from home – temporarily or full time. It came about from a twitter conversation on subject. This is not an attempt to promote any way of working, nor does it mean you need all of these resources to telecommute.… Continue reading Telecommute Resources
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jess Pomfret. Jess’s theme is ‘Life Hacks to make your day easier’. She talks of some things we do to make life simpler/easier. Two of mine are as below.1 Before I accepted the current gig I am at – I worked several years in telecommuting positions. I found… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 123: Life Hacks to make your day easier
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jon Shaulis – the topic is an evergreen one, dealing with Imposter Syndrome. I learned of this word via Mindy Curnett a.k.a @sqlgirl in one of her presentations. I was aware of it in a different way for a long time. Trauma victims know what it is better… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday #122: Being authentic
I started keeping a written record on bigger goals in life from the year 2018 – following the example set by Steve Jones and Brent Ozar. This method of keeping track is called ‘Epic Life Quest’. I wrote my first blog post on it in 2017, and then another in early 2019. This is my… Continue reading Epic Life Quest – 2020 Update
I got several responses for the last T-SQL Tuesday of the year that am honored to host. My topic was to blog on whatever you considered to be a gift that you received during the year. Below is the summary. Todd Klienhans talks of using his hobby – virtual reality, to make a project that… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 121 – Gifts received – Summary
I am hosting 2019’s last T-SQL Tuesday of the year. I chose to ask people to write on gifts they had received – by way of community, relationships, or even tech features. A rather loose definition , as the one and only Aaron Bertrand calls it 🙂 I have a lot to be thankful for… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday #121 Gifts received
It is December again. 2019 has gone by in a flash. I have the honor of hosting the last TSQL Tuesday blog party of the year. This monthly blog party started by SQL Guru Adam Machanic since 2009 has completed 121 months this year. I am the lucky host of event #121. If you are… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year
I attended my 16th PASS Summit this November 6th, 2019 at Seattle. It was a wonderful week of learning and networking. Below are my takeaways for key days. The keynotes by Rohan Kumar from Microsoft on wednesday, and Tarah Wheeler, Cyber Security Expert on Thursday were not ‘among the best’, they were ‘THE BEST’ i’ve… Continue reading PASS Summit 2019 Takeaways
