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 28 Jun 2021

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...

2021-06-28

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The CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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2021-06-28

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Where Does NoSQL work well?

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

NoSQL / NewSQL

NoSQL was hyped as the way to replace your RDBMS and achieve incredible performance at scale. It does work well, but it hasn't replaced most RDBMSes. Steve has a few thoughts on this topic.

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2021-06-28

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Daily Coping 25 Jun 2021

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...

2021-06-25

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Rejected for a Speaking Submission

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I got a speaking rejection today. Well, not today, but the day I wrote this. Not really a big deal, but it was interesting that the event organizer included...

2021-06-25

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The Debug Parameter

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

PowerShell

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2021-06-25

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Using SQL Compare for One Procedure

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

A customer recently was concerned about the time to run SQL Compare for a large database. They were synching with the command line, but at times they want to...

2021-06-25 (first published: 2021-06-11)

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Daily Coping 24 Jun 2021

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...

2021-06-24

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Daily Coping 23 Jun 2021

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...

2021-06-23

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