Steve Jones

My background is I have been working with computers since I was about 12. My first "career" job in this industry was with network administration where I became the local DBA by default. I have also spent lots of time administering Netware and NT networks, developing software, managing smaller IT groups, making lots of coffee, ordering pizza for late nights, etc., etc.

I currently am the editor of SQL Server Central and an advocate/architect at Redgate Software. I am also the President of SQL Saturday, maintain the T-SQL Tuesday monthly party, and remember our colleagues at sqlmemorial.org.

You can find out more about me on my blog (www.voiceofthedba.com) or LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest)

Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball

Twitter: @way0utwest
Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
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The Book of Redgate–Being Reasonable

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

As a part of the Book of Redgate, we have a series of (red, of course) pages with the title “What we believe”. These are our values, as set...

2025-04-18 (first published: 2025-04-04)

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Upgrading Your OS

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Windows 7 support is ending, but Microsoft doesn't have a good plan for home users. Steve notes that the OS upgrade treadmill ought to come to an end soon.

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2025-04-18 (first published: 2019-06-13)

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The State of the Database Landscape in 2025: Insights and trends

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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How are you navigating the database landscape? Our latest report sheds light on the current state of database management and offers valuable insights into how organizations can navigate and simplify the growing complexities of the database landscape.

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2025-04-18 (first published: 2025-03-10)

Browsing for Instances

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

computer networking

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2025-04-17 (first published: 2025-04-14)

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Database First or Application First

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Today Steve is wondering how you approach coordinating application and database changes. Share which one you deploy first.

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2025-04-16

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Importing Flat Files

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

import export wizard

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2025-04-16

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How Much AI Code Would You Use?

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Today Steve asks the question of how much of your code could be written by GenAI.

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2025-04-14

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Advice I Like: Tipping

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

When in doubt, overtip – from Excellent Advice for Living This is close to my heart, since I spent a lot of time in college and after working as...

2025-04-11

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The Changing Nature of Data

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

The way we look at data is changing, especially when data privacy and protection is considered. Today Steve has some thoughts on address data and the implications for cities as well as databases.