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		<title>Log Buffer #182, a Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 182nd edition of Log Buffer, the weekly review of database blogs. Make sure to read the whole edition so you do not miss where to submit your SQL limerick! This week started out with me posting about International Women&#8217;s Day, and has me personally attending Confoo (Montreal) which is an excellent conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good SQL Querying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By &#8220;Good SQL Querying&#8221;, I am not referring to &#8220;how to make your queries more perfomant.&#8221; I am about to go on a mini-rant about how to make readable and self-documenting SQL queries. One practice that will get me instantly going on a rant is using a comma join. There is NO reason to do [...]]]></description>
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