Category: People and Opinions

Be in the SQL Yearbook

I’ve been thinking about this for years, and I’m finally doing it. I’m making a SQL Yearbook, and I want you to be in it. Since first writing this, I have realized that a “yearbook” is primarily an American phenomenon. M-W defines yearbook as “school publication that is compiled usually by a graduating class and that serves as a record […]

T-SQL: How many bananas tall are you?

So today, this happened: Now I suddenly want to know how many bananas tall I am… https://t.co/7geupBzXDj — MidnightDBA (@MidnightDBA) September 6, 2018 And I realized it would be really easy to find that out, via a calculator, or – more amusingly – with SQL: DECLARE @feet FLOAT = 5.0, @inches FLOAT = 5.0, @bananaIN […]

Tea with Kalen! An interview with Kalen Delaney (#DBAsAtMidnight)

We had an AMAZING talk with Kalen Delaney – wait, you do know who Kalen is, don’t you? Rightfully, @SQLQueen on Twitter. Over 30 years in SQL Server. Independent trainer and consultant. Author of the SQL Server Internals series of books, among others. Runs https://www.sqlserverinternals.com/ Trekkie. All-around awesome person. In our ramblings, we covered college, food, linguistics, career, and of […]