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T-SQL Tuesday #173–The AI Job Helper

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

This month I had a new host, Pinal Dave. I was surprised to see he hadn’t hosted, but I didn’t see him in the list. His invite is interesting,...

2024-04-09

DevOps Book Recommendations

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I’m out today, coaching in Salt Lake City. However, I’ve been thinking about a few books after discussions with various customers and attendees at a few events. I wanted...

2024-04-08

Slides from SQL Saturday SLC 2024 – Zero Downtime

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Thanks to everyone that came to my presentation at SQL Saturday SLC 2024. This post has a few links for you: Code and repo: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime Slides: Architecting Zero Downtime.pptx...

2024-04-06

Webinar Apr 9: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

On Tuesday I have a webinar with a Redgate sales engineer: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise. This will cover You can register here. In this...

2024-04-05

A New Word: Alazia

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

alazia– n. the fear that you’re no longer able to change.. I don’t have alazia. I’m always thinking I change, sometimes even when I don’t want to. Certainly my...

2024-04-05

The London Redgate Summit Comes on Apr 17

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I’m heading to the UK in a few weeks for the London Redgate Summit. This starts a wild period of travel for me, but I’m excited. This is the...

2024-04-03

Off to SQL Saturday Salt Lake City … on Friday

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I’m off on Thursday for Salt Lake City and a SQL Saturday on Friday. SQL Saturday Salt Lake City 2024 is happening, and I’m glad I get to go....

2024-04-02

A New Word: 1202

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

1202– n. the tipping point when your brain becomes so overwhelmed with tasks you need to do, you feel too guilty to put anything off until later, prioritizing every...

2024-03-29

The Basics of TRY CATCH Blocks–#SQLNewBlogger

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I was working with a customer and discussing how to do error handling. This is a short post that looks at how you can start adding TRY.. CATCH blocks...

2024-03-27

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Apr 9 Webinar: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

UPDATE: This moved to Apr 9 Join me Tuesday, Apr 9 for a webinar, 10:00am CDT. You can register here and then come watch live with questions or get...

2024-03-26