The Powershell Challenge–Day 9 The Pipelines, deeper
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-13
1,143 reads
Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
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The Desktop Setup
This Friday Steve Jones asks about how you set up your hardware and software environment for work. Are there things you recommend?
2014-01-10
186 reads
Lemonade and Life
I’ve got a torn ACL. I found out yesterday at a visit with a surgeon that gave me the results...
2014-01-09
820 reads
Powershell in a Month – Day 8 Objects: data by another name
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-09
1,201 reads
Sabbatical
Steve Jones is taking a sabbatical this year and has a few thoughts on what this means for his career.
2014-01-09
529 reads
The Holiday Challenge
The holiday time period isn't always a fun time for IT pros who can get stuck working more than usual. Steve Jones talks about some of the experiences he's had.
2014-01-08
147 reads
Powershell in a Month – Day 7 Adding Commands
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-07
1,354 reads
Budget for Training
Work on your professional development plan in 2014. Steve Jones has a little advice for you.
2014-01-06
164 reads
2014-01-06
1,856 reads
Breaking Down Barriers
Steve Jones requests today that DBAs learn to work with developers and make us all more efficient. He asks for your ideas about how we might go about doing this.
2014-01-03
137 reads
Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
Forums
Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears
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BCP on Linux
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You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database
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Question of the Day
BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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