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

Other IDEs

This editorial was originally published on Jun 17, 2020. It is being republished as Steve is out of town. Let us know if you've changed your SQL IDEs since then. Most of us use SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) to manage our SQL Server instances or to write database code. However, Microsoft does give us […]

(1)

You rated this post out of 5. Change rating

2026-05-11 (first published: )

756 reads

Blog Post

Redgate and Rome

I’m at the UK Redgate office today, meeting with senior leaders in all areas of the business. I was honored to be awarded a spot in our President’s Club....

2026-05-11

23 reads

Blogs

From SQL Saturday to Day of Data

By

A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...

PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters

By

You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...

A New Word: La Guadière

By

la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...

Read the latest Blogs

Forums

BCA KCP Ngawi | Tlp/Wa:0817866887

By Layanan Bank BCA

Tlp/Wa_Cs:0817-866-887. Jl. PB. Sudirman No. 74 RT 003 RW 002, Kec. Ngawi, Kab. Ngawi...

Converting Money

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

Comments posted to this topic are about the item Converting Money

non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file

By stan

hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...

Visit the forum

Question of the Day

Converting Money

Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?

DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY;
SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; 

SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;

See possible answers