The Voice of the DBA

Altering the Default Schema for a User

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. I wrote...

2023-07-19

A New Word: Exulansis

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

exulansis – n. the tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it – whether through envy or pity or...

2023-07-14

Creating a Speaking Failures Support Group

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Earlier this week the emails went out to speakers who submitted to the PASS Data Community Summit 2023 conference. These were acceptances and rejections, letting people know the results...

2023-07-13

Assigning a Default Schema to a New User–#SQLNewBlogger

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. Since this...

2023-07-12

T-SQL Tuesday #164: Code that makes you feel

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

The invitation this month is from Erik Darling, and it’s a neat one. I like this thought, asking us to find code that impressed us or made us feel...

2023-07-11

Volunteering at Work: Teaching Others

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I give a few talks on career topics, and one of these is Branding Yourself for a Dream Job. In the talk, I sometimes tell a story in the...

2023-07-10

Talking about the New Open-Source SQLCMD on Data Exposed

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I was on the Data Exposed: MVP Edition show recently, talking about SQLCMD. I’ve written a few articles on the topics as well, and a blog post about setting...

2023-07-05

A New Word: Licotic

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

licotic – adj. anxiously excited to introduce a friend to something you think is amazing – a classic album, a favorite restaurant, a TV show they’re lucky enough to...

2023-06-30

Typing Strange Characters–#SQLNewBlogger

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I’ve had to type a few non-English characters lately, and this blog talks about how to do this. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as...

2023-06-28

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The Four Different Types of Flyway Files

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

This is documented, somewhat, but I wanted to put this down for myself, as the I don’t love the docs and they are hard to sort through. Flyway is...

2023-06-26