1. Driving your DBA crazy
in 3 easy steps
a scary story by @ziobrando

2. About me
In the IT field since ZX Spectrum
Generally in large scale projects (I might be biased)
Freelance consultant: NotOnlyCode
Trainer (Freelance & Skills MaBer + Zenika)
Technical Writer
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My e‐mail:
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4. It started small

5. It grew

6. It became more and more complex

7. Somebody’s goBa be
responsible
for that

11. Useful

12. but sHll...

14. When it comes to run a
query with 16 joins you’re
the person to call...

15. When it comes to run a
query with 16 joins you’re
the person to call...
You can say it
loud, pal

16. So how do I design a
query with 16 joins?

17. I don’t know

18. I don’t

19. I’d rather explore the domain

20. While Jack works

22. ...in bulk mode, of
course

24. Type 1 and Type 2

25. int Type = 1;

26. int Type = 1;
st h is
a td oe !!!
W h
ea n??
lin em

27. if Germany is Type
6 and Wednesday is type
A then type 1 should
be ...Red

28. So you’d use a “readable data”, ... are
you a communist or a lady?

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