Keeping up with SQL Skills

Inevitably one has to store data. And when people pay you money to store data, its usually in a SQL Database.

In code, i stick to pattern and structures I know work to get clean code out to the client. I spend time on weekend and after hours 'playing' with new patterns, methods and 3rd party tools to help me.

However, SQL seems to go onto the back burner. Ye I know about CTE and SQL CLR, but I'm still doing basic CRUD operations and potentialially under utilising a very powerful suit of tools.


I came across T-SQL Challenges, http://beyondrelational.com/puzzles/default.aspx ... Im hoping, like http://projecteuler.net/,  it inspires me to think out of the box  and recreate and the interest I had in SQL  when I started out in development. 


Later...
get your SQL on