Category: SSC

All about PASS Summit 2018

Here are the things you must/should probably know about PASS Summit 2018, as told by me. First Timers Read this blog, of course. Register for Denny Cherry’s attendee orientation. Sign up for the PASS Buddy Program. And their advice about travel. Get on Twitter and meet people. Check out the #PASSSummit tag. I’m @MidnightDBA on […]

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 […]