T-SQL Tuesday 153: The Conference That Changed Everything For Me

This month, Kevin Kline (T | B) invites us to write about the conference that changed everything for me. I'm going to cheat a little bit and mention a number of conferences because together they shaped my working persona and my person as well. SQL Saturday, Utrecht This is the first conference, hosted by André … Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 153: The Conference That Changed Everything For Me

Speaking at Pass Data Summit

I'm honoured to be chosen to speak at the enormous Pass Data Summit. I'll doing a virtual session but will leave plenty of time in and after the session for Q&A. The schedule isn't finished yet so I've got no idea what other sessions will be taking place in my timeslot, but seeing some mentions … Continue reading Speaking at Pass Data Summit

Speaking at Data Saturday Oslo

I'm honoured to tell you that I'll be speaking in Oslo this year! I've seen this wonderful city on TV and travelled past it on my way to Hamar for a number of speedskating events. This will be the first time I'll get to visit the city itself. The agenda is brimming with excellent sessions … Continue reading Speaking at Data Saturday Oslo

Speaking at dataMinds Connect 2022!

I'm honoured to tell you that this year, I'm giving a session at the 15th edition of dataMinds Connect. I visited the event last year at the Lamot venue in Mechelen and had a blast. So many good people there. The agenda is brimming with excellent sessions and it's really hard to pick. If you … Continue reading Speaking at dataMinds Connect 2022!

Speaking at DataWeekender and SqlFriday

A short blog about my latest speaking experiences #dataweekender #sqlfriday #zekerweten

Preceding and following, can you use them in one statement?

Testing out if you can use preceding and following in the same windowing function @Microsoft @SQLServer #zekerweten

Attending, helping and speaking at SQL Bits 2022

All my experiences at #sqlbits. Spoiler alert: I loved it!

Speaking at data TGIF

Long overdue blog reflecting at my experience when speaking at dataTGIF

Clustered Columnstore performance with deletes and updates

One way that might speed up you inserts and deletes on Clustered Columnstores. @Microsoft @SQLServer @AzureSQL.

2021 in review, 2022 in preview

2021 in review. Thank you all! @azure @axiansNL @Azure_Synapse @AzDataFactory @Microsoft #zekerweten #MCT