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SQL Server Tumbleweed Awards

Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 2:35 PM | 4 Comments

Several parts of SQL Server look as though they were started and then suddenly abandoned. The classic example is the TEXT datatype. Phil Factor has a theory on most things, and in this case it's that the programmer responsible for implementing the TEXT Read More

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