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SQL Antipatterns
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SQL Antipatterns

by Bill Karwin
June 2010
Intermediate to advanced
328 pages
7h 51m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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What is an antipattern? An antipattern is a technique that is intended to solve a problem but that often leads to other problems. An antipattern is practiced widely in different ways, but with a thread of commonality. People may come up with an idea that fits an antipattern independently or with help from a colleague, a book, or an article. Many antipatterns of object-oriented software design and project management are documented at the Portland Pattern Repository,[1] as well as in the 1998 book AntiPatterns [BMMM98] by William J. Brown et al.

SQL Antipatterns describes the most frequently made missteps I’ve seen people naively make while using SQL as I’ve talked to them in technical support and training sessions, worked ...

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