2022 in review, 2023 in preview

It's the end of the year, the beginning of a new one. Time to look back and see what happened and plot a course forward. 2022, the downs Let's get started with the bad stuff, get it over with. As some as you know, my mother got diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. This is a process … Continue reading 2022 in review, 2023 in preview

New Stars of Data

It's the beginning of 2020. I've been to a number of conferences, gotten a feel for what's going on and what the different sessions are. From the short sessions to the full hour ones where speakers dive deep into a subject or explain in normal words what some feature can accomplish. Usually I'm learning something … Continue reading New Stars of Data

T-SQL Tuesday 155, Dynamic SQL

This month, Steve Jones (T) invites us to write about the way dynamic SQL helped us solve a problem. Case For one of our customers, we've had an interesting case. They have multiple schemas in the database and the schema's contain a lot of tables with different use cases. To grant user groups (not individual … Continue reading T-SQL Tuesday 155, Dynamic SQL

Speaking experiences at Data Saturday Oslo

This weekend, I had the honor of speaking in Oslo at the data saturday event. Hosted by Johan Ludvig Brattas, Rune and a number of other key people, they have created a very welcoming atmosphere. Friday The event started with the speaker dinner on friday evening. As I had flown in early, I had explored … Continue reading Speaking experiences at Data Saturday Oslo

Speaking experiences at Data Saturday Göteborg

Last saturday I was speaking in Göteborg at the local data saturday, hosted by Mikael Wedham (T | B). The day before a speaker dinner was organised at an island with a very nice restaurant. After a boat ride of about an hour (where we picked up some late arrivals along the way) we got … Continue reading Speaking experiences at Data Saturday Göteborg

Speaking at Data Saturday Gothenburg

In a few weeks, I'll be speaking in Gothenburg at the Data Saturday event. I've driven past Gothenburg earlier this year on my way to Hamar but didn't get the chance to stop there (other than a traffic jam ;)). As a long-time Volvo and Stiga driver, it's nice to visit the home country of … Continue reading Speaking at Data Saturday Gothenburg

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 Microsoft Data Platform Group – Birmingham

Next week (Thursday 4th of august 2022) I've been invited to speak at the Microsoft data platform group Birmingham. This is a very active user group that hosts monthly sessions on the data platform, and this month I'm honoured to talk about monitoring Azure SQL with Zabbix. In this session I'll walk you through monitoring, … Continue reading Speaking at Microsoft Data Platform Group – Birmingham

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