Jumping Ahead
There are times when you look back and times when you look forward in your career. Sometimes, however, we might try to push forward too fast.
2017-08-22
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Editorial
Responsibility to Learn
“I would educate myself, and that I would never stop educating myself. It was my responsibility to keep learning.” Who said that? Albert Einstein? Da Vinci? Stephen Hawking? None of the above. That statement came from the Demon of the rock band KISS, Gene Simmons. If a rock & roll legend knows that it’s on […]
2017-08-21
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2017-08-21
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2017-08-18
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2017-08-16
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The art of getting it right
Phil Factor advocates paying attention when it doesn't matter to prepare for when it does.
2017-08-14
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2022-08-10 (first published: 2017-08-09)
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2022-08-26 (first published: 2017-08-08)
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To-do list: good, bad or indifferent?
Using a list to keep track of what you should work on is only as good as the plan or goal behind it.
2021-10-15 (first published: 2017-08-07)
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The Tethered Goat
Phil Factor's a 'tethered goat' database taught in the value of database intrusion detection and of "defense in depth".
2017-08-07
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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