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@pretentious Mar 19, 2018, 3:51 AM UTC

SQL Issue: INSERT without column_list

When reviewing application code, I often see INSERT queries that don't specify a column list. INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES ('Val1', 'Val2', 'Val3'); #### This syntax works great. However, it has an impl…

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@pretentious Mar 16, 2018, 9:05 AM UTC

SQL Issue: Short Table Aliases

I often see queries that use short names for table aliases. The queries look something like this. SELECT a.Column2 FROM Table1 AS a INNER JOIN Table2 AS b ON a.Column1 = b.Column1 Table aliases are g…

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@pretentious Mar 12, 2018, 3:43 AM UTC

SQL Issue: Code Comments... or lack of them

I was looking at a stored procedure the other day, trying to troubleshoot an issue. The stored procedure was well structured, short and relatively simple. The problem was, I didn't know what it was t…

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@pretentious Mar 6, 2018, 12:37 AM UTC

SQL Issue: SELECT INTO #TempTable

When writing queries, we often require an intermediate table to store results which will be used later in the query. One of the more common ways to achieve this is with a temporary table. SELECT Colu…

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@pretentious Mar 4, 2018, 12:01 AM UTC

SQL Issues: LIKE '%stuff%'

The SQL 'LIKE' operator is powerful. It allows us to do wildcard searches on column values. We love to use it, but sometimes we misuse it. I often see developers use the LIKE operator to do a substri…

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@pretentious Mar 3, 2018, 4:04 AM UTC

SQL Issue: SELECT * FROM Table

While troubleshooting an application, I stumbled across this SQL query issued by the app. SELECT * FROM ServerLogs Most developers that interact with SQL have been taught to not use "SELECT *". But f…

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@pretentious Feb 28, 2018, 4:22 AM UTC

C# 001: Hello World

This is the first in a series of articles describing how to program in C#. We'll start from the very beginning and provide the building blocks for you to create more elaborate applications. To start…

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SQL Issue: INSERT without column_list

SQL Issue: Short Table Aliases

SQL Issue: Code Comments... or lack of them

SQL Issue: SELECT INTO #TempTable

SQL Issues: LIKE '%stuff%'

SQL Issue: SELECT * FROM Table

C# 001: Hello World