<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 09:05:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@pretentious/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Issue: INSERT without column_list]]></title><description><![CDATA[When reviewing application code, I often see INSERT queries that don't specify a column list. INSERT INTO Table1 VALUES ('Val1', 'Val2', 'Val3'); This syntax works great. However, it has an implied dependency]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-insert-without-columnlist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-insert-without-columnlist</guid><category><![CDATA[sql]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretentious]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 03:51:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Issue: Short Table Aliases]]></title><description><![CDATA[I often see queries that use short names for table aliases. The queries look something like this. SELECT a.Column2 FROM Table1 AS a INNER JOIN Table2 AS b ON a.Column1 = b.Column1 Table aliases are great.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-short-table-aliases</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-short-table-aliases</guid><category><![CDATA[sql]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretentious]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:05:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Issue: Code Comments... or lack of them]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was looking at a stored procedure the other day, trying to troubleshoot an issue. The stored procedure was well structured, short and relatively simple. The problem was, I didn't know what it was trying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-code-comments-or-lack-of-them</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-code-comments-or-lack-of-them</guid><category><![CDATA[sql]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretentious]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 03:43:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Issue: SELECT INTO #TempTable]]></title><description><![CDATA[When writing queries, we often require an intermediate table to store results which will be used later in the query. One of the more common ways to achieve this is with a temporary table. SELECT Column1]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-select-into-temptable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-select-into-temptable</guid><category><![CDATA[sql]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretentious]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 00:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Issues: LIKE '%stuff%']]></title><description><![CDATA[The SQL 'LIKE' operator is powerful. It allows us to do wildcard searches on column values. We love to use it, but sometimes we misuse it. I often see developers use the LIKE operator to do a substring]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issues-like-stuff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issues-like-stuff</guid><category><![CDATA[sql]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretentious]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:01:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SQL Issue: SELECT * FROM Table]]></title><description><![CDATA[While troubleshooting an application, I stumbled across this SQL query issued by the app. SELECT * FROM ServerLogs Most developers that interact with SQL have been taught to not use "SELECT *".]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-select-from-table</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sql/@pretentious/sql-issue-select-from-table</guid><category><![CDATA[sql]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretentious]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 04:04:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[C# 001: Hello World]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the first in a series of articles describing how to program in C#. We'll start from the very beginning and provide the building blocks for you to create more elaborate applications. To start out,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/csharp/@pretentious/c-001-hello-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/csharp/@pretentious/c-001-hello-world</guid><category><![CDATA[csharp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pretentious]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 04:22:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdUHrUF8TaYXn4c72t3Egx63zNH3eSkiobExkVSXt23TvffmzbDkCmqmcD7XdVNfwdu3NiPURyKpYDBVY2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>