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Creating a Self Referencing FK in a CREATE Statement–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on November 6, 2023 by way0utwest

I had written about a FK in a CREATE TABLE statement recently, but the second half of this was that after the original question, the person asked if this would also work for a self-referencing FK. It does, and I … Continue reading →

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Don’t (Always) Be a Hero

Posted on November 6, 2023 by way0utwest

I saw a comic from Kendra Little recently, which reminded me of my first SQL Server crisis. I got hired as a contractor to support a large Novell network. In my first chance to work with SQL Server, a new … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyway Tips–Seeing Pending Migrations

Posted on November 3, 2023 by way0utwest

I find that quite a few people using Flyway will end up with a lot of migration scripts over time. While you can certainly re-baseline and split scripts into separate folders, visualizing these over time can be hard. The Flyway … Continue reading →

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When Work Isn’t Done

Posted on November 3, 2023 by way0utwest

Software development can be a challenge for each of us with lots of demands and the need to ensure your code solves a problem correctly, efficiently, and completely. Juggling the workload by yourself is one thing, but add in a … Continue reading →

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