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SQL Horror Stories

Talkat SQLBits 2022 · 2022-03-08..03-12· [databases]
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A run of cautionary tales shows concrete failures and fixes: a manager blocks preventative scripts to speed deployments and the team pays with repeated midnight pages until reputational leverage forces the change; backups reveal backups that won't restore because corruption only shows on recovery; an organisation loses TDE protection by keeping the certificate on C: and getting hit by Petya; multiple stories hinge on missed DBCC checks, sloppy password habits, and recovery taking days.

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  1. 0:00SQL horror stories intro
  2. 3:04Bad bosses and ego
  3. 8:24Troublesome teamwork
  4. 11:44Vendor session
  5. 13:12Security failures
  6. 15:43Database recovery
  7. 18:17Corruption and neglect
  8. 19:24Final queries
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