Avoid Scripting.
A well crafted SQL statement is a thing on beauty, and writing one gives a great deal of satisfaction.
But creating art is not the job.
Script is fragile (To know how fragile, count the number of potential typo’s). Which is fine for those who’s output is intended to be constantly improved upon. But I feel DBA’s should favour robustness over the satisfaction of creativity, and implement for the long term.
If there is simply no other choice but using a script, avoid the near endless cycle of creating // debugging // augmenting your own, and download industrial-strength scripts from a trusted source (like Ola Hallengren). But read and understand them before using in production. 🙂
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