Do *not* place TEMPDB on a local disk in a SQL failover cluster
What happens with tempdb on a local disk in a cluster? Read on to see that you will not get a failover if the local disk fails
2021-01-04
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Articles
Ten tips for attracting and retaining DevOps talent
To stay competitive and bring value to customers, organisations are adopting DevOps, but finding people experienced in DevOps can be challenging. Robert Sheldon has ten tips to help managers attract and retain DevOps talent.
2021-01-04
2021-01-01 (first published: 2017-08-17)
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SQL Server Management Studio Database Diagram Support Objects Cannot be Installed
In this article we look at how to resolve the error database diagram support objects cannot be installed because the database does not have a valid owner.
2021-01-01
SSRS Install, Setup and Configuration
In this article we cover all of the steps required to install, setup and configure SQL Server Reporting Services.
2020-12-31
Feature branches and pull requests with Git to manage conflicts
Feature branching and pull requests are two important concepts when using Git. In this article, Kendra Little explains these patterns and even provides a video to demonstrate.
2020-12-30
Free eBook: SQL Server Internals: In-Memory OLTP
In this free eBook, Kalen Delaney explains how Microsoft's 2016 In-memory OLTP engine works. In her book, learn how to use lock- and latch-free data structures to allow non-blocking data processing, and find out how to migrate existing tables to Hekaton.
2020-12-30 (first published: 2015-05-13)
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Join the Redgate Tool Tips Swap
Learn and share tool tips with your peers. Redgate has launched their Tool Tips Swap to help everyone make the most of their Redgate products. To get involved, simply share your top Redgate tool tip for boosting productivity. All tips will be collated into a blog post and shared with the community. Plus, you’ll get the chance to win a 3-month subscription to Pluralsight.
2020-12-30 (first published: 2020-12-17)
Save costs with Azure Data Factory
A typical project following any industry standard process for building Azure Data Factory (ADF) pipelines will have different environments as part of development lifecycle. They might be named Development, Staging, Production, and so on. This article describes an approach to save costs from running ADF pipelines using Triggers. Typical ADF environments will have pipelines ingesting, […]
2020-12-29
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Azure Synapse Analytics Data Integration and Orchestration
In this tip we are going to build a sample data pipeline and explore Azure Synapse Analytics data integration and orchestration features.
2020-12-29
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Presenting with Visual Studio Code
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Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers