One perk to filtered indexes that may not be obvious at first is that you get an extra “dimension”– almost an extra kind of key column. This can be useful for some queries that can be tricky to index.
Like anyone else, I easily get wrapped up in my own life: my family and friends, my work, my local community, my technical community. Facebook, Twitter, cat pictures. When I took time off from work recently, I got a glimpse outside of my normal, narrow world.
It’s also for you, the speaker. Speaking takes up your time and energy. It teaches you to express concepts, to listen well, and it even teaches you a lot about how you think.
This is a super old command, but it still comes in handy when working with SQL Server.
Is one simple, small thing. It’s not spending as much time as I possibly can with other people.
You’ve painstakingly written and practiced your demos. You’ve polished your slides. You’ve walked through each moment of your talk– maybe it was in front of your dog, maybe it was in front of your ever-patient spouse, but you’ve given it your all.
There’s something you’re probably forgetting.
I’ve been working with SQL Server databases, Windows administration, and software development an awfully long time. Once you have a lot of experience with something, it’s easy to forget what’s not obvious to newbies. But some things you have to learn the hard way.
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