Powershell in a Month Day 11 – Filtering
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-20
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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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Cleveland Rocks! (and does SQL Server)
My first flight of 2014 will be to Cleveland to run a SQL in the City seminar and then speak...
2014-01-15
836 reads
Powershell in a Month Day 10 – Formatting
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-15
1,064 reads
We're not craftsmen and craftswomen
We don't always do the job we would want done for us. We don't pride ourselves as craftspeople do. At least that's what Steve Jones thinks.
2014-01-15
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Double Checks
Many of us have checks in place on systems or processes, but would we be aware of tampering with the operation of our computer systems? Steve Jones notes that auditing can be important to ensure things are working well.
2014-01-14
117 reads
SQL in Albuquerque
It’s a little less than two weeks until SQL Saturday #271 – Albuquerque. The second event in that great city, and...
2014-01-14
799 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #50–Automation
I missed last month and I was a bit sad, but I was traveling the week before and speaking, and...
2014-01-14
775 reads
No Bosses
The idea of not having a boss appeals to many of us, but is it really what you'd like? Steve Jones notes that Zappos is trying this, by eliminating many of the manager roles at the company.
2014-01-13
213 reads
The Art of Performance
Tuning a SQL Server instance and improving the way it performs is a complex task that many people struggle to complete. In this piece, Steve Jones talks about the idea that it is a science as much as an art.
2014-01-13
330 reads
The Powershell Challenge–Day 9 The Pipelines, deeper
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...
2014-01-13
1,142 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
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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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