Adam Machanic : #tsql2sday, T-SQL Tuesday

A Computer Scientist Meets T-SQL

Adam Machanic — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:58:00 GMT

There I was. A freshly printed bachelor's degree in Computer Science tucked under my arm, I walked into my First Real Job. I'd never touched the technologies I was going to work with--ASP 3.0 and SQL Server--but my employer knew that, and I figured I'd...(read more)

T-SQL Tuesday #21 - A Day Late and Totally Full of It

Adam Machanic — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:38:00 GMT

“This ugly hack is only temporary,” you think. Six months later, a coworker curses your name, sacrificing a chicken to any deity that will help expedite your getting struck down by lightning, a school bus, or both. Crap code. We’ve all seen it. We’ve...(read more)

A Year of Tuesdays: T-SQL Tuesday Meta-Roundup

Adam Machanic — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:07:00 GMT

Just over a year ago I kicked off T-SQL Tuesday , "a recurring, revolving blog party." The idea was simple: Each month a blog will host the party, and about a week before the second Tuesday of the month a theme will be posted. Any blogger that wishes...(read more)

Better Late Than Never: T-SQL Tuesday #008 - Gettin' Schooled

Adam Machanic — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:55:00 GMT

Apologies for the late reminder; tomorrow is T-SQL Tuesday. This month's event is hosted by Robert Davis over at SQL Server Central and the theme is "Gettin' Schooled." How do you learn? Or how do you teach? Have you learned anything interesting recently...(read more)

T-SQL Tuesday #006: LOB Data

Adam Machanic — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:31:00 GMT

Just a quick note for those of you who may not have seen Michael Coles's post (and a reminder for the rest of you): The topic of this month's T-SQL Tuesday is LOB data . Get your posts ready; next Tuesday we go big!...(read more)

T-SQL Tuesday #005: Reporting

Adam Machanic — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:34:00 GMT

This month's T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Aaron Nelson of SQLVariations . Aaron has picked a really fantastic topic: Reporting . Reporting is a lot more than just SSRS. Whether or not you realize it, you deal with all sorts of reports every day. Server...(read more)

T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO, IO, It's Off to Disk We Go!

Adam Machanic — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:34:00 GMT

Hey bloggers! Wake up and get your favorite editor ready. T-SQL Tuesday is back again, this time with a great topic hosted by Mike at StraightPath Solutions . Stop reading this blog and go read his. And then post! As I mentioned to a few Indian MVPs at...(read more)

T-SQL Tuesday #002: The Roundup

Adam Machanic — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:14:00 GMT

According to T-SQL Tuesday rules as ratified by me in the first and second T-SQL Tuesday posts, the T-SQL Tuesday host is supposed to post a roundup within two days of the end of the event. So a reasonable person should expect a roundup to be posted by...(read more)

T-SQL Tuesday #002: Is it XML, or Not?!?

Adam Machanic — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:19:00 GMT

The query optimizer is a finicky thing , and sometimes it doesn't understand exactly what you're trying to do until you give it a bit more information. The situation I'm going to describe in this post is one such case. By providing the optimizer with...(read more)

Invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #002: A Puzzling Situation

Adam Machanic — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Welcome to the second installment of T-SQL Tuesday, the monthly SQL Server blog party! Last month's kickoff event was a great success , and I'm really excited for this month's theme. I hope that we see even more bloggers, with even more great posts this...(read more)