Phil Factor Consuming JSON Strings in SQL Server It has always seemed strange to Phil that SQL Server has such complete support for XML, yet is completely devoid of any support for JSON.... 15 November 2010 26 min read
Kathi Kellenberger Writing Efficient SQL: Set-Based Speed Phreakery Phil Factor's SQL Speed Phreak challenge is an event where coders battle to produce the fastest code to solve a common reporting problem on large... 04 February 2010 31 min read
Phil Factor To Boldly Ask IT for Development Work Phil has always been mystified by the way that, in Science-Fiction films, the crew of space-ships are able to reprogram their ships' computers in order... 22 June 2009 10 min read
Phil Factor The Book ‘Confessions of an IT Manager’ For three and a half years, the 'Confessions of an IT Manager', by Phil Factor, have been a distinctive part of Simple-Talk's output. Now compiled... 27 May 2009 7 min read
Phil Factor The Challenge In which Phil is challenged to organize a concerted beer drinking session in an establishment dedicated to beer manufacture.… 19 June 2007 8 min read
Phil Factor Hens that Crow Short on results, but long on superficially plausible technical excuses, Phil Factor describes his dealings with the hen that crowed... … 25 May 2007 6 min read
Phil Factor Free Phil Factor eBook: Confessions of an IT Manager Download a 108-page eBook in which Phil tells all on a career spent in the rough-and-tumble of the IT industry. It's FREE for registered users!… 13 December 2006 1 min read
Phil Factor On Training Your IT Manager A keen new manager, with ambitions to make his mark, can cause all sorts of unpleasantness in the workplace. Phil Factor explains how to train... 23 November 2006 10 min read
Phil Factor Was Offshoring Responsible for Hamlet? Phil Factor imagines how Hamlet ended up as the play we know and..err..love, with a little help from cost-cutting and offshoring.… 05 September 2006 8 min read
Phil Factor If IT had been responsible for the Creation In which Phil Factor takes the liberty of retelling the Creation story to make it 'relevant' to the modern IT professional. … 09 August 2006 7 min read
Phil Factor The Whipping Boy Talented and highly-valued IT professional or convenient corporate whipping boy? Phil Factor walks the line...… 21 July 2006 10 min read
Phil Factor The Ghost in the Machine I have always felt rather second-rate as an IT pundit as I have yet to introduce my own TLA (Three-letter Acronym ) into the IT... 27 June 2006 9 min read
Phil Factor Talking Technical Developers, programmers and designers tend to be deeply geeky types, immersed in the minutiae of the technology. In stark contrast, many IT managers appear to... 26 May 2006 5 min read
Phil Factor Betting on Promotion The process of appointing managers in large IT department is shrouded in mystery. The bewilderingly random and illogical nature of the process makes it a... 09 May 2006 7 min read
