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  • December 11, 2013 at 4:25 pm

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    As with all else, "It Depends". Please see the latest article from Tony on the subject.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/105414/

    I agree that they are a panacea for nothing and usually cause a whole lot of trouble especially for those who might not be well practiced at them. But, they are a tool that can be used very successfully for certain things.

    I also wouldn't necessarily call the tables given by the OP EAV or OTLT any more than I'd call a check account and EAB or OTLT. "IT DEPENDS!" 😉

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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