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
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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
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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
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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
208 reads
There cometh a shower
Phil Factor speculates on the damage caused to Cloud providers by the Amazon and Sony Outages.
2011-05-09
177 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
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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
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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
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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
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Blogs
Using Claude Code as a Database SRE Agent with the Everpure Fusion MCP Server
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The Book of Redgate: Products
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KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 7
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A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and...
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BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
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