SQL Antipatterns
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming, (Pragmatic Programmers)
by Bill Karwin
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appears in Database Design, Databases, and Sql.
Bill Karwin has helped thousands of people write better SQL and build stronger relational databases. Now he's sharing his collection of antipatternsthe most common errors he's identified in those thousands of requests for help. Most developers aren't SQL experts, and most of the SQL that gets used is inefficient, hard to maintain, and sometimes j...
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