2014-05-14
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Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
- Twitter: @way0utwest
- Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
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Better Training
What are better ways to train people to work in the technology field? Steve Jones has a few ideas.
2014-05-13
183 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #54–Interviews and Hiring
It’s the May T-SQL Tuesday, and this time it’s a great one. This month the host is Boris Hristov (@BorisHristov)...
2014-05-13
1,145 reads
2014-05-13
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Administering Database Master Keys in SQL Server
A short piece that gives you the basics of how to administer the database master keys that form the basis for encryption inside of your databases.
2014-05-12
12,982 reads
Calling Local Speakers
Steve Jones asks for more of the local people to help teach, train, and grow the community.
2014-05-12
104 reads
Filetable–Nesting folders and files
In previous posts I showed how to create a folder in a Filetable and also how to the create (and...
2014-05-12
1,086 reads
Backup Responsibility
Backups are important in most companies and today Steve Jones asks who has the responsibility in yours.
2014-05-09
194 reads
Getting Local Books Online
One of the things that’s annoyed me in the last few versions is that Books Online isn’t smoothly installed for...
2014-05-08
887 reads
No Handwaving Away the DBA
Steve Jones doesn't think that companies can just do away with a DBA. Apparently there are people on the NoSQL platform that agree.
2014-05-08
258 reads
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Transactional Replication from...
Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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