2020-02-22
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Phil Factor
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Towards an efficient interface between application and database
As JSON documents becomes increasingly widely used, as the interface between application and database, Phil Factor reckons it's about time JSON Schema was built-in to SQL Server, alongside XML Schema.
2020-01-25
273 reads
On Looking and Acting the Part
Phil Factor's offers tips for longevity in the world of IT consultancy: listen well, humiliate no-one and convince others that it was their expertise that solved the problem.
2020-01-18
290 reads
The harsh reality of charitable IT work
At work in IT, we can wander around looking important with no apparent useful skills whatsoever. When working outside the bubble of the industry, things are different.
2019-12-14
250 reads
Human frailty and the custodianship of data
Until you open the box your data is, like Schrödinger's cat, both safe and breached.
2019-11-16
137 reads
Protecting Data from the Inside
Phil Factor on the difficult task of guarding against the theft of data from within an organization.
2019-10-19
191 reads
The Multi-skilled Developer
Is the DBA a fading star? More likely, there is a general lack of understanding of the roles of the different types of DBA, and of the other IT teams that ensure that successful application developments happen in any large enterprise.
2019-09-25 (first published: 2015-06-08)
587 reads
Using Big Data to Improve Health
With the help of a database that provides fully representative data, we can do a great deal more to advance medical and pharmaceutical science. Phil Factor explains what stands in our way.
2019-09-21
274 reads
SQL Tamagotchi! Mini-Servers as Database Pets
If you've ever stuffed SQL Server onto a Raspberry Pi 4 and given it a pet name, don't worry, you're not alone…
2019-08-24
276 reads
Muting the Immutable
Phil Factor on dealing with "immutable" domain data during database development and deployment.
2019-08-16 (first published: 2016-01-18)
356 reads
Blogs
SQL Saturday Denver 2023–VCS Primer for the Database slides
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My slides are here: VCS Primer Denver 2023 This was an overview of what...
Future Data Driven 2023 is This Week
By Steve Jones
The Future Data Driven 2023 virtual conference is coming on Wednesday, September 27. Register...
Opening the SQL Prompt Command Palette
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A few years ago SQL Prompt added a command palette to let you search...
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SQL Migration - Identifying Connections - Best approach
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