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Bill Karwin
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I've written a book, SQL Antipatterns Volume 1: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming from Pragmatic Bookshelf.

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What is the (craziest, stupidest, silliest) thing a client/boss asked you to do?
Sep 10, 2010
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Why don't relational databases support returning information in a nested format?
Jul 6, 2011
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What's your favourite quote about programming?
Sep 9, 2010
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What's your favourite quote about programming?
Sep 10, 2010
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What's the most absurd myth about programming issues?
Sep 9, 2010
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What are non-programming mistakes that a programmer should avoid?
Sep 13, 2010
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Multiple Joins or Simple Readable Database Calls
Aug 29, 2011
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Forking an open source project nicely
Jan 30, 2009
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Is the abundance of frameworks dumbing down programmers?
Sep 21, 2010
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OOP design question
Jul 5, 2011

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Retrieving the last record in each group - MySQL
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What's the difference between identifying and non-identifying relationships?
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"INSERT IGNORE" vs "INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE"
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Should I use != or <> for not equal in T-SQL?
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How do the Proxy, Decorator, Adapter, and Bridge Patterns differ?