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

SQLServerCentral Editorial

What's a Normal SQL Server?

Many of us have worked in environments that have a number of SQL Server instances. Different versions, editions, and mostly different hardware profiles. We deal with different applications and software that places different demands and requirements on our database systems. Some of us are even dealing with multiple datastores, trying to integrate SQL Server with […]

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2020-06-09

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Double Half and Quarter

I've worked in a a couple very high performing organizations that adapted to changing conditions and built software well. I've worked in more poorly performing organizations that struggled to release updates and patches, causing tremendous stress for the IT staff.  DevOps is designed to help improve our software delivery and quality, if you work on […]

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2020-06-08

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The Social Impact of Data

Let the data drive your decisions. This has been something of a mantra for many technical people, and even many business people, across the last twenty or so years. The allure of business intelligence is harnessing lots of data to make decisions that are rooted in some rational analysis of what has happened. Many companies […]

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2020-06-06

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Change Tracking Default Retention

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Question of the Day

Change Tracking Default Retention

I run this command on my SQL Server 2022 database:

ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON;
What is the default data retention period?

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