by Markus Winand.

Myth Directory


In an attempt to thin out the dark woods of database performance myths, I list and explain some of the most common myth and misbeliefs here.

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Markus Winand is the SQL Renaissance Ambassador. He is on a mission to introduce developers to the evolution of SQL in the 21st century. Markus can be hired as trainer, speaker and consultant via winand.at.

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