Join me at SQLDay in Wroclaw, Poland! May 11-13 2026!
Chapters
- *00:00:00* – Introduction
- *00:00:30* – Correcting Pronunciation
- *00:00:38* – SQL Day Workshop
- *00:00:57* – Previous Missed Opportunity
- *00:01:04* – Revenge Trip
- *00:01:12* – Advanced T-SQL Topic
- *00:01:20* – T-SQL Database Interaction
- *00:01:36* – Pre-Con Event
- *00:01:43* – Free Course Access
- *00:01:56* – Course Compartmentalization
- *00:02:04* – Favorite Course Moments
- *00:02:11* – See You In Poland
- *00:02:16* – Pronunciation Correction
Full Transcript
Erik Darling here with Darling Data, and this is, of course, a promotional video. I have to warn you before I do one of those on YouTube or else I don’t know what happens. I’ll get eaten by an algorithm, I guess. Anyway, much more exciting. This year, this May 11th through 13th, I will be in Wroclaw. That is tricky. That is not Wroclaw. Wroclaw or Wroclaw. I have been informed that that is Wroclaw, Poland. Poland’s a lot easier than the other one. But I’m gonna be at the SQL Day workshop, finally, in the year of Pope John Paul, 2026. I was originally supposed to be there in 2020, but due to unfortunate world events, I did not get to go to Poland. I got to spend a really weird, like, two in the morning talking to my webcam.
So, I’m getting my revenge, finally, though, and I’m getting to go to one of the coolest conferences in all of Europe. I have a pre-con there that’ll be on the 11th of May. I already bought my plane tickets, don’t worry. It’s gonna be all about advanced T-SQL. I’m not gonna teach you how to write a join or write a right join or write a wrong join or wrong or right join.
I’m gonna teach you all the, like, just weird stuff that I’ve learned about T-SQL databases and the way that those two things interact over the many beard-graying years that I’ve been dealing with our beloved SQL Server. So, I hope to see you there. I hope to see you, of course, at the pre-con because I have extra goodies for anyone who shows up. My course, Learn T-SQL with Eric, usually a $500 USD value. All pre-con attendees will get free access to all 60-plus hours of video for the rest of their lives.
The pre-con that I teach is just a small compartmentalization of some of my favorite parts of the course, but there’s a whole lot more out there. And if you want to just be able to relive your favorite moments with me in Poland, well, you’ll be able to do that for the rest of your life. So, I hope to see you there at the SQL Day conference in Wrocław, Poland.
God, I hope I got that right. And, man, I love you. Goodbye. Thank you.
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