David Sumlin

David Sumlin has run his own contracting business for the last 6 years and has been involved in SQL development for the last 8 years. He and his team of skilled developers have tried to stay up to date with Microsoft development technologies when it comes to SQL and .net. For the last few years, HeadWorks Inc. has been focused on data warehouses and marts and the reporting applications that interact with them for large financial institutions. When David isn't coding, he's out looking for birdies!

A Lookup Strategy Defined

by David Sumlin

SQLServerCentral.com

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Most databases designs nowadays seem to have at least a few if not many lookup or reference tables. This article helps you define a strategy in how to design, approve, and deploy them.

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