Comments on: Here’s a New One: SQL Server Relations are Evil http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/10/heres-a-new-one-sql-server-relations-are-evil/ Musings on the craft and business of software development Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:21:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alex http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/10/heres-a-new-one-sql-server-relations-are-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 Alex Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:38:04 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/10/heres-a-new-one-sql-server-relations-are-evil/#comment-1300 Thank You Thank You

]]> By: Aaron Davis http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/10/heres-a-new-one-sql-server-relations-are-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-493 Aaron Davis Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:16:54 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/10/heres-a-new-one-sql-server-relations-are-evil/#comment-493 This reminds me of two stories from <strike>The Daily WTF</strike> Worse Than Failure. In one, the developer decided to define every column as a varchar(8000) field because it was easier to work with. The DBA was less than thrilled. In the other, the developer defined every column as varchar(100) -- a bit better. This time, their reasoning was that using actual datatypes was premature optimization. This reminds me of two stories from The Daily WTF Worse Than Failure.
In one, the developer decided to define every column as a varchar(8000) field because it was easier to work with. The DBA was less than thrilled.

In the other, the developer defined every column as varchar(100) — a bit better. This time, their reasoning was that using actual datatypes was premature optimization.

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