In the last post I covered briefly the history around graph databases. In this one am going to look at the structure. There have been a lot of blog posts written up about structure of graph tables in SQL Server. I really like this series by my friend Niko Neugebauer. The simplest way to understand… Continue reading Graph Data – Basic Structure
I have been looking into this feature and also into understanding graph data in general. I believe introduction of graph database feature in SQL Server has many advantages – although I also believe it is important to understand the background/origin/ and how it was done before. In this series I will start with the history… Continue reading Graph Databases – Introduction
The session line up for PASS Summit 2019 was announced today…there are so many good sessions to go to..managing time and what we do with our limited time there is an important skill..to some extent. I’d say it is partly skill, and partly luck to get the most out of it. We can control the… Continue reading PASS Summit 2019 – Getting the most out of it
One of the most significant and hardest challenges we face as data professionals (or generally anyone in IT) is how to keep up with learning. Most of us are good with ambitious goals – ‘I want to do data science’, ‘I want to learn Linux for SQL’, ‘I want to be an AI expert’..this and… Continue reading Pathways to Progress
Last month I was fortunate to have my first ever article published on Simple-Talk, among the best quality website for sql server articles ever. During the process of writing this article I ran into several errors related to temporal tables that I have not seen before. Some of these are documented by Microsoft, some are… Continue reading Temporal tables – list of errors with reasons
Its really hard to believe that its been 20 years since the start of the PASS organization – the volunteer run database education group that I am proud to be associated with. My association runs to 18 of those 20 years, and 16 of those have been with attending the PASS Summit. Sadly, I do… Continue reading PASS turns 20
I cannot write this without stating some history. I have been part of PASS community since 1999. That is 21 years now. One of my favorite sub groups of PASS is WIT. 20 years ago WIT was restricted to one afternoon lunch session at the yearly summit. Majority panelists were white women. The discussions were… Continue reading WIT Panel for Women’s History Month
