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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Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out with them. The slides with links...

2026-04-25

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The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve worked with them in some capacity since 2002 and I’ve felt this along the way:...

2026-04-25 (first published: 2026-04-24)

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Detecting Deadlocks

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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2026-04-24

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Impactful Sessions I’ve Seen: T-SQL Tuesday #196

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

This month I’m thrilled that Steve Hughes is hosting. I’ve read this Data on Wheels blog for a long time and I appreciate all that he does, especially given...

2026-04-24 (first published: 2026-04-14)

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Local Agents

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Steve is a fan of local AI LLMs for work.

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2026-04-24

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Creating a JSON Document II

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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2026-04-23 (first published: 2026-04-22)

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Every Database Has Problems

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

The magic way to get better performance from your system is to write better code from the start.

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2026-04-22

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Changing the Cardinality of a FK in Redgate Data Modeler

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how to adjust a FK constraint between two tables. The tool seemed to makes this easy,...

2026-04-20 (first published: 2026-04-13)

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The New OS Wars

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

A few countries are looking to reduce their reliance on US technology. While they might leave Windows, Steve thinks they will continue to run SQL Server.