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| | In relational database design one of the key decisions is choosing the right primary key type for tables. In this post I am talking about surrogate or synthetic primary keys. They are called surrogate or synthetic as these keys are not derived from application data. In my experience I have seen very few teams giving...
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| | The canonical spec for ulid. Contribute to ulid/spec development by creating an account on GitHub.
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| | This month's PGSQL Phriday #015 topic is about UUIDs, hosted by Lætitia Avrot. Lætitia has called for a debate. No, no, no. I say let's have an all-out war. A benchmark war. I have decided to orchestrate a benchmark war between four different methods of storing a primary key: use a text field to store...
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| This month's T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jorge Segarra, the "SQL Chicken." The topic is rather open ended: What is your favorite new(ish) SQL Server feature? Love the DACPAC? Can't wait for PDW? Post about it and tell us why! In other T-SQL Tuesday news, we now have a logo. Those of you who are [...]