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We all have our favorite books that we like to talk about and share. I have one in particular that I think will help you so much in your programming and development growth, whatever path that may be.
While this book isn’t the new and shiny object of many of its counterparts, it is one foundation piece of learning material (in my opinion) if you are working with SQL databases.
For more information, read the OpenLampTech publication piece, Book Recommendation – SQL Antipatterns.
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