I was working on a slide deck and did something I don't normally do – I added a photo. Usually the graphical content of my presentations involves diagrams or other vector art – I don't often have the need for actual photos. But this time I did, and I was really surprised to see that PowerPoint generated a text …

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Howdy folks and Happy T-SQL Tuesday Wednesday! Contrary to popular belief, both myself and my blog are not dead, it's just that preparations for my upcoming wedding have taken up nearly all of my spare time. Once I return from my honeymoon I hope to be back to blogging as usual! This month's topic comes from none other …

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Do you like it when your schemata are easy to understand and maintain? If so, keep the following in mind when choosing names for tables and columns. If you're feeling evil and want to inflict some frustration on others, this might give you some good ideas too…

1. Data types make horrible names There's no rule that says …

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