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
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
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My 2024 in Data: Reading

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back on the 30th for a minute), so I decided to do some analysis of my...

2024-12-18

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My 2024 in Data: Speaking

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back on the 30th for a minute), so I decided to do some analysis of my...

2024-12-17

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Learning to Grind

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Career Growth

Learning to grind away is how you drive your career forward.

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2024-12-16

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Monday Monitor Tips: Am I Patched?

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

One of the things that I think is neat is that Redgate Monitor helps you track patching on your systems. This is something that has been challenging in every...

2024-12-16 (first published: 2024-12-09)

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My 2024 in Data: Travels

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back on the 30th for a minute), so I decided to do some analysis of my...

2024-12-16

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The Random Rows

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

RAND()
T-SQL

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2024-12-16

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A New Word: Dolonia

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

dolonia – n. a state of unease prompted by people who seem to like you too much, which makes you wonder if they must have you confused with someone...

2024-12-13

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FIRST_VALUE vs. Min: #SQLNewBlogger

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I had mentioned some new T-SQL functions for SQL Server 2022 and a commenter asked about the difference between Min() and First_value. This post looks at a few cases....

2024-12-13 (first published: 2024-12-04)

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Getting Started with the Data API Builder

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Data API Builder (DAB)

Earlier this year I had a PM at Microsoft reach out and ask me what I thought about the Data API Builder. I hadn't looked at it, so I made a note to check it out. I hadn't done that by the time SQL Saturday Denver 2024 occurred, where I saw Jerry Nixon from Microsoft […]