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Re: My 10 Commandments of Database Administration...

From: Nuno Pinto do Souto <nsouto_at_bizmail.com.au>
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:40:48 +1000 (EST)
Message-ID: <39737.203.28.13.57.1095900048.squirrel@www.bizmail.com.au> 





Quoting from AUTHOR ryan gaffuri:


> 11. Thou shalt feed me if I have to work late to fix something you

> broke.

>

> I'm a single guy...





Nuno's design corollary #1:



Thou shall not use end_date = NULL to mean "current row" of ANYTHING!
NULL has NO MEANING whatsoever: it does NOT mean "current"!



Under penalty of having to cook for Nuno (and I'm a heavy bloke)...






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