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This article covers the 10 key concepts developers should understand to avoid surprises and to use the model database intentionally.
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Some tips for working with big data models
The main goal of this article is to present some tips to help professionals that need to work with complex, big, and hard to understand database models that anyone may came across some day.
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Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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