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search engine — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:45:56 +0000

i do enjoy the way you have presented this specific problem.

Comment on Data Modelling: My Favourite Example by Michael J. Swart

Michael J. Swart — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:41:27 +0000

Hey Karen,
So by data models, you mean entity relationship diagrams showing logical models and physical models right? (with relationships labelled, etc…).
Then yeah, no data models here. Sorry about that. I’ll make it up to you somehow.

Re: the spelling of modelling. I seem to remember learning how to spell that properly during a talk about contentious issues. I learn from the best.

Michael

Comment on Data Modelling: My Favourite Example by Karen Lopez

Karen Lopez — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:16:29 +0000

Hey, you spelled Modeling wrong!

So a post about data modelling with no data models…only DDL. My heart is broken.

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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 17/02/12 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:13:35 +0000

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Comment on Careful Hashing by Scott MacLellan

Scott MacLellan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:16:58 +0000

As the person who kept bringing Collation when we talked about this it is interesting that it has little to no effect. Thanks for yet another excellent post.

Comment on Microsoft Model Databases: Some Unconventional Alternatives? by Buck Woody

Buck Woody — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:14:16 +0000

I’ll trade you – make some artwork of me (because you’re AWESOME at that) and I’ll show you the requirements.

Comment on Microsoft Model Databases: Some Unconventional Alternatives? by Michael J. Swart

Michael J. Swart — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:54:04 +0000

I would love to take you up on that Buck

I’m sure there are some really good reasons for those design decisions. (And now I’m suddenly curious about them).

Now that I think of it, that exercise sounds familiar. I was working on a database schema and didn’t like it, so I decided to do a quick proof of concept for a replacement design (What would the design look like if I could start from scratch). After working through some challenges the database design had to support, I ended up with a schema that was very very close to the existing schema. Just the names were different.

Comment on Microsoft Model Databases: Some Unconventional Alternatives? by Buck Woody

Buck Woody — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:08 +0000

There are actually lots of good reasons that SharePoint DB’s look the way they do. I took a set of database designers – walked them through an exercise of designing a database that does what SharePoint does (without telling them that) and had them design a database. It looked remarkably like – SharePoint! We can do that exercise sometime over a nice coffee if you like.

Comment on Microsoft Model Databases: Some Unconventional Alternatives? by Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 10/02/12

Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 10/02/12 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:21:42 +0000

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