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
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is organized by Mohammed Darab(t|b). Mohammed has a really interesting topic – things you would say to yourself if you were 20. I am well past 20, and this is something I think about often. There are many,many things I wish I’d known earlier, that would have significantly changed my life… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday #115 – Dear 20 Year Old Self
The last T-SQL Tuesday of this year is hosted by Jason Brimhall – one of my long-time friends in the SQL community. Jason’s topic is ‘To influence and to be influenced’ – call out times when something you did influenced someone , and you were in turn influenced by something that person said or did.… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 109: To influence and to be influenced
This is November and T-SQL Tuesday time, I hope you are ready to read the summary – I am the host and it’s mine. I’d like to begin by saying thanks to you two – Adam Machanic and Steve Jones, to whom this is due. Thanks for keeping this blog party going, Thanks for letting… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 108 – A poetic summary
This is my first opportunity hosting a T-SQL Tuesday and am super excited!! T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of well respected SQL Guru and author of ‘sp_whois active’ – Adam Machanic (b|t). Adam rightly predicted that we all could benefit from ‘a recurring, revolving blog party’ with a new topic given each month – the party has… Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday #97 – Setting learning goals for 2018
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Ewald Cress, and the topic is ‘Folks who have made a difference’. This is an opportunity – and right around thanksgiving – to give a shout-out to people who have made a difference in our careers and in the data community. To me this list is so long… Continue reading TSQL Tuesday #96 – Folks who have made a difference
This month’s TSQL Tuesday is organized by Kennie T Pontoppidan(t) – the topic is ‘Daily Database WTF‘ – or a horror story from the database world. As someone who has worked databases for nearly two decades, there are several of these – I picked one of my favorites. During my early years as a DBA, I… Continue reading TSQL2sday – Daily database WTF
This TSQL tuesday is hosted by my good friend Jason Brimhall – Jason has put forth a creative challenge – plan to do something, carry out that plan, and then write about the experience. He gave a two week period between planning and implementation. I must confess that i cheated a bit here, because what am… Continue reading TSQL Tuesday #081 – Sharpening something
