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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Daily Coping 4 Apr 2022

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

2022-04-04

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Daily Coping 1 Apr 2022

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

2022-04-01

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Executing Notebooks in a Stored Procedure

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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Writing notebooks in Azure Data Studio is a great way to keep a number of queries in one place and execute them together. Steve has a way to do this inside a stored procedure.

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2022-04-01

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Funny Quotes

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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2022-04-01

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Power BI in Grafana

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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An exciting new way of viewing your Power BI visuals. The functionality is a bit limited, but highly desired.

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2022-04-01

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Starting LocalDB–#SQLNewBlogger

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Lots of people have never worked with LocalDB,...

2022-04-01 (first published: 2022-03-28)

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Daily Coping 31 Mar 2022

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

2022-03-31

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Daily Coping 30 Mar 2022

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

2022-03-30

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