Datatypes In Your Mind

  • Stephen, writing the QOTD is a lot of fun. Not easy, but fun. I've got a bunch of posts on the lessons learned/tried so far at http://sqlandy.com/tag/question-of-the-day/ that you may or may not find helpful. At some point I'll try to condense that down into something a little more usable. The one thing I find that helps me is explaining all the answers. It teaches more and it helps identify places (usually!) where you have a missed/strange assumption and need to go back to the question to add or tweak a hint.

  • Eric M Russell (5/9/2014)


    Andy,

    I'm curious about why you chose the title "Datatypes In Your Mind".

    Did you expect this TinyInt vs Bit question of the day to create some controvery and debate?

    I think the bus driver should stick to sports trivia. 🙂

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Andy Warren (5/12/2014)


    Stephen, writing the QOTD is a lot of fun. Not easy, but fun. I've got a bunch of posts on the lessons learned/tried so far at http://sqlandy.com/tag/question-of-the-day/ that you may or may not find helpful. At some point I'll try to condense that down into something a little more usable. The one thing I find that helps me is explaining all the answers. It teaches more and it helps identify places (usually!) where you have a missed/strange assumption and need to go back to the question to add or tweak a hint.

    Agreed.

    ww; Raghu
    --
    The first and the hardest SQL statement I have wrote- "select * from customers" - and I was happy and felt smart.

  • Looks like I'll be having that omelette!

    Thanks for the question/lesson!

  • Eirikur Eiriksson (5/6/2014)


    I think Andy has been a tiny bit naughty:-D

    Excellent!

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