Many years ago, I was on call for a production system. This was common for me since I was one of several production DBA’s for the company. It was a normal weekend for me, and I got up and started playing with my kids. They were heavily into trains, and we were laying out our […]
2026-10-21
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Many years ago, I started at a smaller-sized company. About 150 employees; it was a SaaS company that provided survey software. It was growing quickly, and I was the primary DBA. I was hired not only to be a DBA, but to build a DB team to handle many of the issues the company faced […]
2026-10-19
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This week I hosted T-SQL Tuesday. This monthly event suggests a topic for bloggers to write about. It’s been going on for many years, and you can find more details here. https://tsqltuesday.com/ For my specific post, you can find the summaries here. T-SQL Tuesday #203 — Summary/Follow up I’ve spent 20+ years being asked questions about […]
2026-10-17
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This one is going to involve a lot of honesty & self-reflection. Run now. You've been warned. I know for a fact that I'm blessed. I'm healthy. I have a loving family. There are friends out there happy to see me when we meet. I've got one of the single greatest jobs ever. I live […]
2026-10-16
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I'm sure I've never mentioned this before, but I'm a little aged. I'm not real far from 40 years in IT, and I got started a little late in life. Regardless, I've heard this tale of woe before. And no, this isn't going to be a rehash of all the old stories ("self-tuning" SQL Server […]
2026-10-14
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I was reading about a recent security failure when I saw the phrase "...a series of missed opportunities...". Made me giggle and say to myself "No Kidding Kojak" except I used Sherlock Holmes and a different word. Fact is, security failures, and hey, let's face it, process failures, almost never come down to a single […]
2026-10-12
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In just over a week, I'm going to be in Valencia, Spain, for pgConf.eu. While there, I'm planning to take the first certification to come out of the Open Alliance for PostgreSQL Education. I'm more than a little nervous because I'm not sure I'm ready. However, I've been studying and reading, watching videos, practicing my […]
2026-10-10
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2026-10-09 (first published: 2014-07-24)
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2026-10-07
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Are GenAI models getting better? Is today's model the worst one you'll use in the future? Steve has a few thoughts.
2026-10-05
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Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
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Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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