36,321 tables, one row each, one database. A stored procedure with 1,752 parameters. A DBA convinced that storing everything in the entire database typed as VARBINARY will definitely improve performance. All of these are true stories, and the sad fact is that many SQL Server professionals can relate to them -- even if they won't admit it in public.

In this talk Alex will discuss some of his favorite database anti-examples from The Daily WTF (including a particularly egregious one concocted none other than Alex himself), and discuss how they came to be and where they came from. Most importantly, he'll cover how to avoid unintentionally creating your own database WTFs.