SQL in the City Sydney in Two Weeks
It’s two weeks to our next SQL in the City Summit, this time in Sydney. I’m excited to be going back, though it’s a quick trip for me. Likely...
2019-09-13
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Steve Jones
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Staying Focused
Finding the zone, working in the flow, these are the most efficient times for us, but they can be hard to find.
2019-09-13
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2019-09-12
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Local Database CI Builds with Jenkins in a Container
In two previous posts, I’ve showed how to configure Jenkins in a container as well as how to add the SQL Change Automation plugin. This post looks at an...
2019-09-12 (first published: 2019-08-26)
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The State of DevOps Report for 2019
It seems like just a few weeks ago that I went over the 2018 results with Gene Kim. That was an exciting few weeks for me, running over the report in prep and then having the opportunity to host a webinar with Gene Kim. Exciting times, but it's been almost a year and the 2019 […]
2019-09-12
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Changing the SQL Data Masker Connection Target
This post will explain how to change the connection in your masking set when using SQL Data Masker from Redgate. I’m writing this more for myself than anyone else....
2019-09-11
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2019-09-11
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Restoring an Expired Certificate–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. One common task that you might need to...
2019-09-11 (first published: 2019-09-02)
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Business Pressures
The business pressures can often change how we work, or even how we build our software. A few notes on Github from Steve Jones.
2019-09-10 (first published: 2015-08-12)
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2019-09-10
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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