I hosted this month, late as it turns out, but we still had a few entries. Here’s a look at the blogs people published.First as always, Rob Farley writes about the complexity of string parsing, usi…| Voice of the DBA
DevOps can mean a lot of things, but I find in practice that this results in a team using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment/Delivery using automation to check and evaluate your software in some way. This should result in quicker … Continue reading →| Voice of the DBA
I had a customer recently reach out to ask if SQL Clone would work with 20 backup files. I decided to test this. This is part of a series of posts on SQL Clone, which is a virtualization product fr…| Voice of the DBA
The other day, I asked my daughter if she wanted me to make her some eggs. She responded with a “Yes!” in text and came to sit up at the counter while I cooked for us both. We chatted a … Continue reading →| Voice of the DBA
Train employees well enough that they could get another job but treat them well enough that they never want to. – from Excellent Advice for LivingThis one is close to my heart. I firmly belie…| Voice of the DBA
4 posts published by way0utwest during October 2025| Voice of the DBA
I fly a lot, as you might have guessed if you read my blog regularly. In 2025, I’ve been on 56 United planes as I write this, with about 10 left to go before the end of the year. One … Continue reading →| Voice of the DBA
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s for help. This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems. The Problem A customer wanted to know if we could handle a large … Continue reading →| Voice of the DBA
It’s another Monday off for me, this time likely catching up on some fall maintenance before it gets really cold. Plus, I’m gone in the UK next week. While I’ve likely doing something with my hands, and concentrating outside, you … Continue reading →| Voice of the DBA
It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve gotten away from work quite a bit this year. I’ve had a few vacations around that, but I still find myself with quite a bit of … Continue reading →| Voice of the DBA
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No matter how smart you are, or how good you are at narrowly defined tasks, there is no room for you here if you’re an asshole. This … Continue reading →| Voice of the DBA
I caught a short post from Gary Bargsley on LinkedIn that had this quote: “Many people do not believe this is true. If there isn’t a fire to put out, then you are not doing a good job.&…| Voice of the DBA
Writings from Steve Jones, the Voice of the DBA| Voice of the DBA
It’s that time of the month, and I’m late. My apologies. I had a mix-up with a host and was on vacation all last week, so no invite. I’m extending T-SQL Tuesday #191 a week to have people write on …| Voice of the DBA
For many years, most of the SQL Server installations I managed or deployed to were Standard Edition. Even in large companies that had agreements with Microsoft, since each instance had a cost (even…| Voice of the DBA
I hadn’t made many plans on the sabbatical, and that was fine with me. It’s been a busy year, and I wanted to be unwired and unwind. It turned out this has been a good test of retiremen…| Voice of the DBA
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this month I’m hosting. I realized that I didn’t host in 2024 and since I run the thing, I ought to be a part of it one of these days. So, this is that month. …| Voice of the DBA
