Back to basics: Optimizing SQL Server indexes
When created and maintained correctly, indexes help SQL Server retrieve data quickly. See how to ensure your SQL Server environment is running up to speed.
2009-08-21
6,622 reads
Articles
Breaking ownership chaining within a schema in SQL Server
I have several objects, all in the same schema. Because of this, ownership chaining is working, as described in this previous tip. However, I don't want ownership chaining to be on, but I need the objects to remain in the same schema. How can I do this?
2009-08-21
3,302 reads
How Much Should You Post Online About Your Life?
I’ve touched on it some in the past, but it’s a question that comes up a lot when we discuss...
2009-08-21
2,360 reads
Protection Close To Home
For the Friday Poll this week, Steve Jones is wondering what type of data protection you use at home for your information. Especially those all important family photos.
2009-08-21
581 reads
Protection Close To Home
For the Friday Poll this week, Steve Jones is wondering what type of data protection you use at home for your information. Especially those all important family photos.
2009-08-21
839 reads
Protection Close To Home
For the Friday Poll this week, Steve Jones is wondering what type of data protection you use at home for your information. Especially those all important family photos.
2009-08-21
1,137 reads
There is no excuse
I read Jack Corbett's blog entry,No Training Budget Still No Excuse, last week and thought it was excellent. In fact,...
2009-08-21
1,956 reads
I/O I/O - It's why my server's slow.....Examing I\O Statistics
I/O I/O - It's why my server's slow.....
Often I've been curious about ways to measure the performance of SQL Server, and...
2009-08-20
4,229 reads
Database Mirroring Using T-SQL
Part three of this series illustrates how to use a T-SQL script to create database mirroring between a principal and mirrored server.
2009-08-20
3,401 reads
Flat File Imports with SQL Server Integration Services 2008
A main function of SQL Server Integration Service is to move data into and out of SQL Server. The external data source can exist in almost any format, including a plain text file. This article focuses on importing a text file into a standard SQL Server database table.
2009-08-20
4,444 reads
Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
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is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
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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