2013-04-01
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Steve Jones
- Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball
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- Website: https://www.voiceofthedba.com
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The Command Shell
This Friday Steve Jones talks about xp_cmdshell and the security regarding its use. Do you have any holes that might exist if administrators are allowed to use this tool on their instances?
2013-03-29
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Halo 4 and Hadoop
A case study shows how the combination of Azure and Hadoop helped the Halo 4 team grow their successful franchise.
2013-03-28
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The DBA Team #1–Code and Slides
Our first DBA Team event, in Richmond, VA just before SQL Saturday #187 went well. Overall I think our experiment...
2013-03-27
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What Do You Want to Know About I/O?
Steve Jones is looking forward to learning more about I/O. There is a panel of experts, taking questions at SQL Intersection in a few weeks.
2013-03-27
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A Good Security Response
Evernote recently had a security incident and forced all users to reset their passwords. Many people thought this was a good response to a security incident. Would your company act in a similar manner?
2013-03-26
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SQL Saturday #187–Richmond Recap
I’m late writing this, and I did mean to get to it earlier, but life got in the way.
TL;DR: It...
2013-03-26
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A Week from Omaha–SQL Saturday #197
Next week I head out to SQL Saturday #197 in Omaha NE. I’m looking forward to it as I’ve never...
2013-03-25
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Car Data
Today's automobiles might collect more data than you think. All that might data gives us opportunities to find new and interesting ways to use this data with software.
2013-03-25
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It’s a Lineup at SQL Intersection
I got this image in the mail recently, and it made me laugh. It looks like a police lineup, perhaps...
2013-03-22 (first published: 2013-03-19)
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Blogs
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...
The FinOps Lifecycle: From Budgeting to Reporting
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I...
Forums
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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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