T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blogothon where we get together and write about a different topic. I’m hosting this month’s episode.
Your readers wonder what kinds of jobs are out there in the database world, what exactly it is that you do, and what your daily grind is like. While it’d be cool to cover all of that, let’s start with something simple.
Your mission for this week: write a blog post about the last ticket you closed, and schedule it for next Tuesday, February 13.
It doesn’t have to be T-SQL. T-SQL Tuesday has evolved to cover all kinds of data topics.
The task/issue doesn’t have to be indicative of your overall career. Our database jobs cause us to do all kinds of oddball things through the day. Go into your ticket system, help desk system, list of Github issues, or task list right now, look at the last task you checked off, and blog about that.
Don’t include company specifics or anything that might get you in trouble. Just talk in general terms about:
- Why the task was created (an error popped up, a user had a problem, your boss had an idea, whatever)
- General terms about work you had, what online resources you found helpful, how long it took
- How often that kind of task pops up in your queue
The rules:
- Your blog post has to go live on Tuesday, February 13
- Include the T-SQL Tuesday logo, and if somebody clicks on the logo, it has to link back to this post
- Include a link to this blog post, or after you publish it, leave a comment here so I can track you down for the roundup blog post next week
- If you want to host a future T-SQL Tuesday episode, leave a comment on this post
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Hi Brent – my post is at https://lobsterpot.com.au/blog/2024/02/13/my-last-ticket/
Daaaang, man, that’s an awful lot of words without actually following the instructions in the post. 😉 Thanks though.
I wrote about the topic of “the last ticket closed”. It was as close as I was going to get.
Thanks, Brent, for the invite! Post is at: https://sqldevdba.com/blog/f/tsql2sday—visualizing-f1team-journeys-in-power-bi
Wow, nicely done! How did I not know you had a YouTube channel? That video is so awesome for folks to see your thought process.
Thanks very much indeed Brent! haha yeah the video is quite long so that’s why I add chapters.
I try to style it as a “Bob Ross” in Joy of Painting. Except my happy little trees are just leading commas. 🙂
My contribution: https://sqlkover.com/tsql2sday-171-describe-the-most-recent-issue-you-closed/
Thanks Koen! I had to chuckle about “who monitors the monitoring software?”
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Here’s my contribution for this month Brent, thanks for hosting:
https://www.kevinrchant.com/2024/02/13/t-sql-tuesday-171-using-sempy-to-view-dax-in-microsoft-fabric/
Thanks Kevin! Yes, I’d be surprised if anyone’s entry actually had T-SQL in it (other than mine, heh) and it’s been great to show readers a variety of different tasks that people have to do for their data jobs.
I love this one! Even if I do have access, it’s so much more convenient to see this using code instead of having to download the PBIX and sift through it.
Thanks Kevin!
Not sure if this went through or not, but here’s my post for this week’s topic. I’m in the same kind of position as Rob – lots of different tasks. The one I wrote about was a bit more memorable and hopefully helpful.
https://schottsql.com/2024/02/13/bcp-for-flat-file-etl/
Got it! Thanks Peter! I somehow got through my career without learning BCP, but it’s such a dang useful tool.
Thanks Peter for the insight! I am an avid user of DBATools, but this is a wonderful workaround for any folks who don’t have SSIS and do not want to install Powershell CmdLets for sure! I’ve heard great things about BCP and appreciate your insight into a quick and easy way to get familiar with it!
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After some hurdles, here’s mine. Thanks for hosting!
https://sqlblog.org/2024/02/13/t-sql-tuesday-171
Aaron – perfect, nicely done! Thanks sir!
Thanks for hosting Brent, here’s the contribution:
https://nocolumnname.blog/2024/02/13/tsql2sday-171-describe-the-most-recent-issue-you-closed/
Thanks Shane! Nice post!
Thank you for hosting again, Brent!
Here’s my post:
https://www.madeiradata.com/post/t-sql-tuesday-171-forced-quorum-mode-and-the-value-of-democracy
Thanks Eitan! Nice post!
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Thank you for hosting, Brent. Here’s my post: https://www.lucasnotes.com/2024/02/t-sql-tuesday-171-describe-most-recent.html
Thanks Lucas!
Hey Brent!
Dusting off my blog today. Thanks for the kick in the pants
https://michaeljswart.com/2024/02/modeling-resource-governor-behavior/
Woohoo! Thanks, Mr. Swart!
Hey Brent, thank you for hosting this month. Here is my contribution
https://bronowski.it/t-sql-tuesday-171-the-most-recent-issue/
Thanks Mikey!
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Thanks for hosting! Here is my post https://callihandata.com/2024/02/13/t-sql-tuesday-171-most-recent-ticket-closed/
Chad – my pleasure, thanks for contributing!
Hello Brent,
Thank you for hosting!
Here is my contribution-
https://dbanuggets.com/2024/02/13/t-sql-tuesday-the-last-issue-i-solved/
Deepthi – thanks for the post!
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Hey Brent – here’ s my contribution. Thanks for hosting!
https://www.mlakartechtalk.com/t-sql-tuesday-171-describe-most-recent-issue-closed/
Hi Brent, I was convinced I had left my contribution here but it seems not. Thanks for hosting this month.
https://www.justinjbird.me/2024/tsql-tuesday-171/
Justin – got it, thanks sir!
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