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Hey there, I’m Mala. I’ve been in the data game for a good 25 years, first as a DBA and then as a Data Engineer, mainly working with Microsoft...

Decrypting Stored Procedures The Cumbersome Way

I had a client that was struggling with some encrypted stored procedures. They needed to decrypt them, which I know is a pain in the #@$%@#$@#$#@. I had to...

Mastering Data Engineering with Databricks: Your Path to Becoming a Data Engineer Associate

Introduction
In today’s data-driven landscape, skilled data engineers are the backbone of organizations, driving insights from vast data streams. If you’re aspiring to become a Data Engineer Associate and harness...

The PASS Data Community Summit On Guy in a Cube

I’ve known Adam and Patrick for a long time and I’m thrilled with the content they produce on their Guy in a Cube show. It’s a great resource for...

A Decade of Dedication – Celebrating 10 Years in Business

I am overjoyed to announce a momentous occasion – we have officially reached the remarkable milestone of being in business for 10 years! This incredible journey began with a...

A New Word: Merrenness

merrenness – n. the lulling isolation of driving late at night – floating through the void in an otherworldly hum, trailing red jewels in the darkness, your high beams...

Book Review – Scalable Data Analytics with Azure Data Explorer

I recently finished the book Scalable Data Analytics with Azure Data Explorer (Modern ways to query, analyze, and perform real-time data analysis on large volumes of data), written by...

Copilot Experiments: A little PowerShell help

It’s been a little while since I’ve had time to relax a bit and try some AI help. This is another experiment I made. A user on SSC asked...

Friday Flyway Tips: Visualizing Undo Scripts

One nice thing with Flyway Enterprise is that it will automatically generate the undo scripts for migration scripts. However, it used to be that finding these and seeing the...

Getting list of protocols enabled in a SQL Server instance

protocols enabled in a SQL Server instance

There are number of ways you can find out what protocols are enable in a SQL Server...