May 3rd represents a small but significant milestone in my career. It was 15 years ago today, on May 3, 2008, when I delivered my first public technical presentation. That event, as brief as it was, helped to set in motion a chain of events that I could never have predicted. In 2008, I was working in healthcare, and had...

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02.10.2024

T-SQL Tuesday #179: What's In Your Data Detective Toolkit? - Tim Mitchell

Most of us who work with data have, at least a few times, been presented with a challenge to explore and attempt to make sense of a poorly-defined set of data. Often it’s a collection of text files or Excel documents without any context or documentation. In other cases, it’s a database with no data map or metadata to help...

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22.10.2024

T-SQL Tuesday #179 Roundup: The Data Detective Toolkit - Tim Mitchell

Earlier this month, I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday invitation in which I asked, “What’s in your data detective toolkit?” We got some great responses which I’ll recap here, and I’ll share a few thoughts of my own at the end. First up, Rob Farley shared his approach, which focuses on the bigger picture of the business use of the...

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12.08.2025

Using Python Code in SSIS - Tim Mitchell

In this post, data architect Tim Mitchell shows how to use Python code logic in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

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