2016-12-19
929 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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A Fun Distraction
With the holiday season here, Steve Jones wonders what you'll do for fun away from work.
2016-12-16
119 reads
What’s the little popup window in #SQLPrompt?
Awhile back I was working in SSMS and saw this window.
It threw me off since I was trying to write...
2016-12-16 (first published: 2016-11-30)
1,828 reads
2016-12-16
927 reads
Connecting to a Specific Port–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-12-15
631 reads
Live #SQLintheCity–Behind the Scenes
Here’s a shot from our engineer, behind the scenes of my live talk today.
Tom Austin and @way0utwest live at #sqlinthecity...
2016-12-15
643 reads
2016-12-15
1,352 reads
2016-12-14
71 reads
DBAs Need to Learn to Develop
SQL Server is growing as a platform and Steve Jones says that DBAs need to learn development skills.
2016-12-13 (first published: 2014-01-07)
627 reads
SQL in the City Prep
I’m at the Redgate Software offices this week. I come over to visit the company, my boss and our department,...
2016-12-13
498 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...
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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?
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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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