SQL Saturday Louisville precon – interview Andy Leonard
This will be year #9 of sql saturdays in Louisville. Every year (starting with 3rd or 4th), it has been...
2017-05-08
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Mala's Data Blog
SQL Saturdays – down memory lane
A casual twitter-conversation with Karla Landrum and some other peeps led me down memory lane on older events. Our SQL...
2017-05-01
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The Birthday Problem – with T-SQL and R
When I was on SQLCruise recently – Buck Woody (b|t) made a interesting statement – that in a room of 23 people,...
2017-05-03 (first published: 2017-04-24)
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Normal approximation to binomial distribution using T-SQL and R
In the previous post I demonstrated the use of binomial formula to calculate probabilities of events occurring in certain situations....
2017-04-17
1,429 reads
The Binomial Formula with T-SQL and R
In a previous post I explained the basics of probability. In this post I will use some of those principles to...
2017-04-17 (first published: 2017-04-10)
1,920 reads
Sampling Distribution and Central Limit Theorem
In this post am going to explain (in highly simplified terms) two very important statistical concepts – the sampling distribution and central...
2017-04-03
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Basics of Probability
In this post am going to introduce into some of the basic principles of probability – and use it in other posts...
2017-03-30 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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TSQL2sday – Daily database WTF
This month’s TSQL Tuesday is organized by Kennie T Pontoppidan(t) – the topic is ‘Daily Database WTF‘ – or a horror story...
2017-03-12
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Generating Frequency Table
This week’s blog post is rather simple. One of the main characteristics of a data set involving classes, or discrete...
2017-03-20 (first published: 2017-03-06)
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The Empirical Rule
I am resuming technical blogging after a gap of nearly a month. I will continue to blog my re learning...
2017-03-02 (first published: 2017-02-27)
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Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers