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Day: November 21, 2014

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Assumption Sandwich

Posted on 21 November 201428 October 2019 by randolph

Today we went live with a product we’ve been working on for A Long Time, in which a team of five has put in A Lot Of Work. During the walk-through with the customer, loading their initial data onto the production system, we had error after error when trying to insert a particular kind of
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Randolph West (they/them) is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and has worked with SQL Server since the late 1990s. When not consulting, you can see them acting on the stage and screen, or doing voices for independent video games. Also available for mentoring, talks on SQL Server and technology in general, Randolph offers training for junior DBAs. Connect with Randolph on Twitter. Buy their books on Amazon.

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