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

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A New Word: Bareleveling

bareleveling – v.  trying to improve yourself without anyone else knowing about it, afraid that they’ll think it’s silly or grandiose or unnecessary, or that they’’ll end up calling...

2024-08-02

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The Burrito Bot: AI-Powered Search in SQL Server 2025

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A while back I posted about a couple of side projects that I’ve been...

SQL Server Journey (Part 1)- Enterprise Database 2016

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Continued thinking about my Journey blog where we have to look back at the...

Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference

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A ton of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community...

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Identities and Sequences II

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Using PostgreSQL as a NoSQL Store and a Search Engine

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Is Your Time "Free"?

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Question of the Day

Identities and Sequences II

In thinking about the differences between the identity property and a sequence object, which of these two guarantees that there are consecutive numbers (according to the increment) inserted in a single table?

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