SQL: avoiding hard-coding or magic numbers

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Question: What are some other strategies on avoiding magic numbers or hard-coded values in your SQL scripts or stored procedures?

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Answer 1

Don't rely on IDENTITY for all of your IDs. When you have a lookup table that's going to be less than 50 rows for example, it's perfectly reasonable to either define those lookups as having specific IDs or use a string valued code for them. In either case, "hard-coding" is no longer an issue.