https://straightforwardsql.com/categories/opinion/ Recent content in Opinion on StraightforwardSQL Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:30:46 +0200 https://straightforwardsql.com/posts/why-is-fn_xe_file_target_read_file-the-worst-sql-function/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:30:46 +0200 https://straightforwardsql.com/posts/why-is-fn_xe_file_target_read_file-the-worst-sql-function/ A rant about fn_xe_file_target_read_file - the nvarchar(max) return type, broken time filtering, and the circular dependency for finding rollover files. https://straightforwardsql.com/posts/why-my-way-of-writing-sql-is-superior/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 17:28:14 +0200 https://straightforwardsql.com/posts/why-my-way-of-writing-sql-is-superior/ Semicolons, leading commas, single-letter aliases. Here is the SQL style everyone loves to argue about, and the practical reasons I refuse to budge. https://straightforwardsql.com/posts/dont-be-lazy/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 09:47:33 +0100 https://straightforwardsql.com/posts/dont-be-lazy/ Sometimes the fastest help is the kind you find yourself. A rundown of the lazy question patterns I keep seeing in SQL help channels.