The Second Career
From a well-built cockney who knew how to avoid wheel clamps, to an ex-member of an elite anti-riot unit, some of the best DBAs have a surprising diversity of skills and experiences, according to Phil Factor.
2017-02-13
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Phil Factor
- Interests: Motorbikes, Beer, gardening, conservation, Local history.
2017-01-23
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Keeping up to, and down with, Date
It is foolish to insist on reading only up-to-date books on technology. Nothing beats getting the broad perspective.
2017-01-09
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The Toolchain for the Job?
Phil Factor ponders the use of toolchains in automation, and wonders if there might not be a better way.
2016-12-19
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2016-12-05
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2016-11-21
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I can ODBC clearly now
ODBC is the closest thing we have to a universal standard for data access across platforms, applications and data sources. So why doesn't DocumentDB support it?
2016-11-07
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Teaching a dog to sing
To survive the inevitable downturns in the IT industry, Phil Factor argues that a IT manager needs to take time to maintain technical skills. It is not enough to understand development; you have to be able to do it.
2016-09-12
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Towards a Single Management Stack
Phil Factor argues that with both SQL Server and PowerShell now running on Linux, the latter becomes increasingly important in achieving the goal of a single management stack for databases across all hosting environments.
2016-09-05
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SQL Server docks in Linux
The Database Engine on the Data Platform departs for Linux. A late arrival but worthwhile, says Phil Factor.
2016-08-29
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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