Tell Me What to Do, Not How to Do It.
The other day I read Shoedog, a memoir by Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. Phil talked about some of leadership philosophy and it struck a chord. > “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do…
Matt Sharkey
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New Certification
I passed the GCP Associate Cloud Engineer exam. (As a side note I’m almost certain this certification will someday be renamed per the use of the word “Engineer” is blasphemy to some.) I reflected on some of the factors…
Omaha SQL User Group
Next week the Omaha SQL UG will hear from Ed Leighton-Dick about SQL Server on Linux. I've had the pleasure to sit in on a couple of Ed's SQL Saturday presentations including a full day master security class. Ed does…
What is the difference between putting a filter in the ON clause versus the WHERE clause?
In short, the filter placement could change the query results if the query uses an outer join. Left (right) outer joins add back non-matching rows from the left (right) table after the ON filter. A row might match the ON…
Speaking at SQL Saturday Kansas City
On September 14th I'll be delivering my session "Building Web apps with R and SQL Server" at SQL Saturday Kansas City. I enjoy this event. The organizers do a great job, the venue is fantastic, and it's close to Omaha.…