Windows Server 2012, ReFS and No SQL Server
ReFS, the new file system with Windows Server 2012, should be good news, but its apparent lack of support for SQL Server is a serious concerned for Phil Factor.
2012-08-06
476 reads
Database Weekly
To Specialize or Not to Specialize: that is the $132,000 Question
In a guest editorial, Rodney Landrum reflects on his career path as a an information-hungry generalist.
2012-05-28
242 reads
Amazon RDs and the PaaS formerly known as Azure
Phil Factor welcomes SQL Server support by Amazon RDS, as an alternative to having Microsoft as service provider as well as software provider, via the PaaS formerly known as Azure.
2012-05-14
250 reads
Database testing. The ferret and the rabbit
Can one generalize from agile techniques of application testing to database testing. Phil isn't entirely convinced that it can do any more that remove the distracting trivial bugs in order to allow testers to concentrate on the important issues
2011-05-30
193 reads
There cometh a shower
Phil Factor speculates on the damage caused to Cloud providers by the Amazon and Sony Outages.
2011-05-09
164 reads
Why would a SQL Server Professional need an iPhone for work?
In which Phil Factor attempts to justify his iPhones and iPod Touches as a business expense.
2010-01-04
295 reads
The Chain of Data Responsibility
Earlier this week, Jeff Atwood suffered the sort of misfortune we all dread: hard drive failure and no backups. Tony Davis discusses what can be learned from this in terms of the chain of responsibility for an organization's data.
2009-12-21
132 reads
Go Get an iPhone
This week Mobile BI is on the radar at Microsoft. Steve Jones comments on what this might mean for the database people in the future.
2009-08-31
129 reads
Basically Available, Soft State, Eventually Consistent
The use of non-relational databases is a fascinating topic but they will remain special-purpose and are not competing with SQL-based relational databases.
2009-07-13
794 reads
Blogs
Removing the REST Endpoint in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
The more I work with the Data API Builder (DAB), the more I lean...
T-SQL Tuesday #182: Personal Integrity
By Steve Jones
It’s time for the first T-SQL Tuesday blog of 2025, with an invite from...
SQL Saturday Oregon & SW Washington 2024
By DataOnWheels
Wow I am so late in posting these notes! But this conference was amazing,...
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Sparse Column Storage
When does a column declared as SPARSE use no storage?
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