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November 2010 - Posts
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So, it is right there in the title of the book “Relational Database Design” etc (the title is kinda long :) But as I consider what to cover and, conversely, what not to cover, dimensional design inevitably pops up. So I am considering including Read More...
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In the first section of the book, we established the skills that are required to do data modeling/design (well, at least we will, and who is this we…I digress), so the next step is to put it all together and do some data modeling. So this section Read More...
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So here it is the night of Thanksgiving Eve here in the United states, and some time tomorrow I will likely be extra stuffed with Turkey and fixin’s and have begun to prep to do some shopping on Black Friday (if not catatonic from the mythical wonder Read More...
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One of the main things that I haven’t always loved about the previous books is that it wasn’t a perfect reference book. I focused on having a flow throughout the book that, not unlike a school class, started at the beginning and finished at the end. Interspersed Read More...
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Early in 2007, I wrote an article for Simple-Talk called Ten Common Database Design Mistakes , and it has been my most successful bit of writing every with 333994 views at last counting. Anything where you point out the negatives of what other Read More...
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The more I teach sessions about database design, the more I realize that two things are true. First, most people don’t dig the normalization stuff as much as I do (some do), and second, people really need the normalization stuff more than they think. Read More...
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“It’s book writing time in Tennessee!” Ok, so I am actually in the Seattle airport waiting for my flight in around 3 hours, watching the TN – Mississippi game on my Slingbox, which was the inspiration for the title of the post (John Ward, the radio “voice Read More...
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Today was much different than yesterday when I attended the “hurts your head” sessions. Today the sessions were, for the most part, a bit higher level (with one notable exception). First up, I went to see Glenn Alan Berry’s ( http://twitter.com/#!/glennalanberry Read More...
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This morning, keeping to my typical method I missed the keynote in person but kept up via twitter feed ( http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23sqlpass ). Knew about most of the new stuff, and seriously could have used a few more hours of sleep (I nodded off Read More...
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Today the conference starts in earnest. Lots and lots of people here this year…crazy amounts really. I arrived for the keynote (not on time by any stretch of the imagination, but not super late either) to find that it was packed. People were even Read More...
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So we are finished with the day, and man am I tired. (Actually I am starting this blog at 4:45, before the quiz bowl, but I anticipate tired pretty well (it’s 11:20 now, and I was right!)). Started off with a rousing meeting to discuss SQL Saturday Read More...
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Last night I got in around 3, saw a few people in the airport, shared a cab with some of them, and worked on my presentation. There is my news :) But the bigger things is that I am getting ready to go to registration, I think for the 10th time in a row. Read More...
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So, let’s be honest. I would love another trip down to Orlando to do my two favorite things. 1. Talking about SQL Server and Database Design. 2. Going to Disney World. But let’s be clear… Neither of these ought to be the why you click on my Read More...
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