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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Getting the Options

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

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2019-07-11

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Learning to Stop Being a Hero

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Career Growth

There is a hero complex for many in IT. Steve provides some advice in how we should look at our workload and our employer's expectations when we consider a new job.

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Making a DataFrame

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Python

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2019-07-10

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Waking Up to No Support

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 ended yesterday. Steve has a few thoughts on what you should be thinking about today.

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2019-07-10

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New statistics

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

statistics (data)

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2019-07-09

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The Clear Cloudy Future of Databases

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Cloud Computing

The future of databases is in the cloud. Maybe not for everyone, but it is becoming a trend.

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2019-07-09

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The Dangers When Changing Database File Names

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Administration

Recently a friend had an issue with their SQL Server as a result of a file change in their SQL Server database. In this short piece, I want to highlight the dangers of making some changes to an online database that might cause an unexpected outage. This is really the same whether you are changing […]