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Feb 2015
41m 29s

Show 15 – March Madness

Guy Glantser, Eitan Blumin
About this episode

2015 started well, fast, and furious.

We start the show by congratulating Guy for earning the MVP title, and Guy explains what he did in order to get this achievement, and what you can do to earn it too.

We also talk about the crazy March we’re going to have, with a lot of flights, conferences and many other events.

In addition, talk about: 

  • A weird scenario of updating a table using a view
  • How to perform an ordered update efficiently
  • What to expect when transitioning from DBA to consultant
  • Parameterization
  • Productivity and learning optimizations
  • DBA challenges
  • Physical joins
  • And more..

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