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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Azure Serverless Compute Cost

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Azure SQL database

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2020-06-29

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Daily Coping 29 Jun 2020

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I’ve 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...

2020-06-29

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Annoyances

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Working with others can be a challenge. This Friday's poll asks for those little annoyances in the workplace and how to deal with them.

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2020-06-26 (first published: 2009-03-27)

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Heap Order

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

SQL Server internal storage

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2020-06-26

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Creating a Repository from VSCode–#SQLNewBlogger

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

I’ve been working with a few different git clients, and trying to write some articles to help people get started. As I do this, I thought it was interesting...

2020-06-25 (first published: 2020-06-10)

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Getting the default language

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Administration

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2020-06-25

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Bringing Redgate Streamed Down Under

by Steve Jones

The Voice of the DBA

Next week is the Redgate Streamed APAC Edition, on July 2. At least, July 2 in Australia. I’m still not sure what time it will be for me, and...

2020-06-24

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More Means in R

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

R Language

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2020-06-24

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The Challenges of Being Safe

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Securing your data is a challenge. Steve Jones has a few comments no just how hard it can be to obfuscate your production data as you move it to development environments.