I decided to do a SQL Advent series of posts this year as well, this year I will focus on best practices. In case you are interested in last year’s posts, all of them are listed here: SQL Advent 2011 Recap
Here is what the 25 posts will look like, the order that the posts are listed is not the same that they will be posted, I will randomly pick and choose
1 Data types storage differences
3 Recap
4 Triggers, what to do, what not to do
8 Standardized naming conventions
12 Features enabled that are not used
13 Maintenance
17 Lack of database design and normalization
19 Stay relevant and marketable
20 Get the tools you need to be more productive
23 No matter how long you are on the wrong path, go back
24 With VLDBs it matters what you do and how you do it
25 How to improve your tech skills
Let me know if that list seems fine or if you would like to see something else, also let me know in which topic you have absolutely no interest in