Posts tagged with: datatypes
Improve data quality by addressing non-stated requirements
I read an article by David Poole a few weeks ago where he talks about addressing non-stated requirements. I believe this is an area that is quite often overlooked when data modeling; at least up front. He sums it up...
A slow death from Implicit Type Casting
A common code smell that attracts my attention right away is when I see an explicit conversion being done, typically done using CAST or CONVERT. However, implicit type casting can be worse and is typically not readily apparent. During code reviews I found...