You’re a C# or Java developer building an application that stores data in Microsoft SQL Server, and you want to avoid common pitfalls that will cause you scalability problems down the road.
In this session from my live stream, you’ll learn why you probably want to avoid triggers, SELECT *, user-defined functions, dynamic SQL, big datatypes, heaps, storing binaries in the database, old indexes, TempDB, and SQL Server’s v1 features:
This slide deck is a decade old: I wrote it back in 2010, but I’m revisiting it now to see what’s changed. I’m kinda surprised at how much I still agree with a decade later! My feelings have changed about a lot of SQL Server tactics, but 9 out of 10 of these are still a problem.
Wanna see more of this? Every Saturday & Sunday morning from 9AM-11AM Eastern (iCal), you can catch me on my Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook channels.
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