Name: Dumb Mistakes I've Made with Relational Databases - Kevin Griffin
Start: 2025-06-03T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-06-03T20:30:00-04:00
Location: InfernoRed Office, One Loudoun

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CapArea is so excited to host Kevin Griffin, MVP and head of the .NET Foundation. He is traveling from Virginia Beach just for this event!

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Maybe you're like me: you're a developer who has been working with relational databases most of your career, but you treat developing against the database the same way you would if you were slinging some code.

For small datasets, it's probably not a big deal. However, as my datasets have grown, I've learned that I need to change my thinking about the best approach to using a relational database. Example: MAYBE it's a poor idea to \`foreach\` over the 4 million rows in a table. It worked just fine when there were 4,000 rows.

My lessons were learned the hard way: doing something dumb, seeing it fail horribly in production, and then working backward for a better approach. In the end, we've been able to slice minutes (and sometimes hours) off of database interactions. We've lowered our compute, which has allowed us to use fewer resources.

Let's talk about a couple of the dumb mistakes I've made as a developer using relational databases, the impact it caused, and what the "better" way to approach the problem should've been. Feel free to come to share the lessons you learned, too!

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We will have a meet and greet from 6:30-7. Pizza and drinks will be provided. The presentation will begin at 7 PM.

Lee Richardson

Capital Area .NET Users Group

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