2017-05-30
58 reads
Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
- Twitter: @way0utwest
- Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
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- Threads: @way0utwest
2017-05-29
40 reads
Quitting VIM
I saw this post from Joel Spolsky lately, noting that Stack Overflow has been helping 1 million developers exit VIM....
2017-05-29
572 reads
2017-05-29
1,103 reads
Do I Need to Learn Linux and R and Python?
The SQL Server platform is growing, but Steve Jones notes that this might not really affect our jobs.
2017-05-26
851 reads
Shipping Database Changes–T-SQL Tuesday #90
This is a good T-SQL Tuesday topic from James Anderson: shipping database changes. It’s especially poignant for me since I...
2017-05-26 (first published: 2017-05-09)
1,379 reads
Audio Attacks
We will start to deal with more and more types of data. Steve Jones worries about the possibility of hacking.
2017-05-25
69 reads
Restore to a point in time–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-05-25
720 reads
Save on IT/DevConnections this fall
For the first time in many years, I won’t be at IT/DevConnections this fall. I’m disappointed to miss the event,...
2017-05-25
549 reads
2017-05-25
1,048 reads
Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Forums
SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How Long is a Long...
T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL...
Question of the Day
How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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