ORM Mapping
A guest editorial from Phil Factor that discusses ORMs and how they ca be used, or mis-used, in our applications.
2010-03-31
385 reads
A guest editorial from Phil Factor that discusses ORMs and how they ca be used, or mis-used, in our applications.
2010-03-31
385 reads
This week, a guest editorial from Phil Factor on how SQL Server database documentation falls woefully short of what is required and expected by most development teams.
2010-03-15
442 reads
Phil Factor believes that we have become so immersed in the idea that administrators or accountants can run technical enterprises, unaided, that we are in danger of forgetting the vital creative contribution of the technologist.
2010-01-25
106 reads
Phil Factor points out the limitations and irritations of Hungarian Notation.
2010-01-25
754 reads
A guest editorial from Phil Factor today that points out some of the incredibly contributions by women in technology.
2010-01-06
378 reads
A guest editorial from Phil Factor looks at the Speed Phreak competition that has been taking place recently and is quite popular. Read about the inspiration for the competition and why you might want to participate.
2009-11-18
267 reads
Does a programmer need to know how his code gets executed? Arguably, developers should focus on database structures rather than a particular implementation, and Phil tries to convince us that good programming is not just knowing everything about your programming environment.
2009-11-16
122 reads
The English voice of IT reason, Phil Factor, brings us a guest editorial. Today he waxes about the overbearing processes used to build internal corporate applications.
2009-10-01
176 reads
Phil ponders whether the term 'DBA' is still really meaningful, or if it's just a blunt instrument used to bash a diverse population into a mis-conceived niche. Is it worth the trouble of being typecast, just to have those 3 letters on your CV?
2009-09-21
249 reads
A guest editorial from Phil Factor puts in a good word for ODBC. This is the standard for Windows machines to connect to all kinds of data sources, and is both loved and hated by developers of all kinds.
2009-09-10
296 reads
Data isn't just about numbers and spreadsheets. It holds stories, patterns, and the answers...
By Brian Kelley
When I look at a system and think about its security model, the first...
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Let’s consider the following script that can be executed without any error on both SQL Sever and PostgreSQL. We define the table t1 in which we insert three records:
create table t1 (id int primary key, city varchar(50)); insert into t1 values (1, 'Rome'), (2, 'New York'), (3, NULL);If we execute the following query, how will the records be sorted in both environments?
select city from t1 order by city;See possible answers