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Anith S Larson specializes in data management primarily using SQL Server. From the mid 90s, he has been working on a variety of database design and systems development projects for clients primarily in wealth management and financial services industry. He resides in Lakeland, TN.

Five Simple Database Design Errors You Should Avoid

by Anith Sen | 16 October 2009 |

21 comments |

Anith follows up his highly successful article Facts and Fallacies about First Normal Form with a fascinating discussion of five common database design errors which persist in spite of the fact that the unfortunate consequences of their use is so widely known. It... Read more...

Facts and Fallacies about First Normal Form

by Anith Sen | 07 May 2009 |

23 comments |

When discussing the normalisation process, it is always the First Normal Form that causes the most grief and confusion. Anith Sen takes up the challenge to explain, in simple terms, exactly what the First Normal Form really is, and why it is so important for... Read more...

Faking Arrays in Transact SQL

by Anith Sen | 16 September 2008 |

28 comments |

It is a simple routine that we all need to use occasionally; parsing a delimited list of strings in TSQL. In a perfect relational world, it isn't necessary, but real-world data often comes in a form that requires one of the surprising variety of routines that Anith... Read more...

Concatenating Row Values in Transact-SQL

by Anith Sen | 31 July 2008 |

51 comments |

It is an interesting problem in Transact SQL, for which there are a number of solutions and considerable debate. How do you go about producing a summary result in which a distinguishing column from each row in each particular category is listed in a 'aggregate'... Read more...

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