Rita the Raccoon Writes SQL
I learned to make short form videos with my drawings this week, and, well… things are about to get weirder.
on March 28, 2024
I learned to make short form videos with my drawings this week, and, well… things are about to get weirder.
on March 24, 2024
Nested loop join operators tend to look quite innocent in an estimated query execution plan. But life ain’t always so simple.
on March 11, 2024
Thanks to Erik Darling for pointing out that it needed a little teeth.
on March 4, 2024
I drew out a first visualization of how the shared plan cache in SQL Server is used when you run a query. I’m pretty sure I’ll refine and and elaborate on this in the future, so let’s call this the v1.
on November 10, 2015
I’ve been thinking about taking up a new programming language as a hobby for a little while. There’s a vibrant software community here in Portland, and working in more languages than TSQL opens up lots more opportunities for fun. I have no intention of becoming a full-time Python programmer, I just believe it’s fun to code and good to challenge your brain in new ways.
on November 5, 2015
Update Nov 2021: This slack channel has been inactive for a bit of time now.
Are you a woman in technology that works with SQL Server or other databases? You might like to join our new slack channel - sqlwit.slack.com.
on August 24, 2015
You know how sometimes you learn something, then you start to see it everywhere you look?
on August 17, 2015
I primarily work with SQL Server, but my favorite book on TSQL is the one that I learned with: The Transact SQL Cookbook.
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