SQL Server Find Unused Data Files
You know that old SQL Server you’ve left running the last 5 years and had numerous databases dropped and restored...
2018-12-06
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Gavin Draper
Live Query Stats of Running Queries
Since SQL Server 2014 SP1 we’ve had DMV’s that can support Live Query Statistics (Basically a query plan that gives...
2018-11-24
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Why Wont SQL Server Use My Filtered Index?
As with most of my posts of late all examples here are using the StackOverflow SQL Server database that can...
2018-10-02
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Why Wont SQL Server Use My Filtered Index?
As with most of my posts of late all examples here are using the StackOverflow SQL Server database that can...
2018-10-02
116 reads
Missing Index Recommendations, These Are Not The Indexes You’re Looking For
Picture the scene….. DBA Doug is sitting in his cubicle minding his own business when App Dev Allister gives him...
2018-09-29
146 reads
Missing Index Recommendations, These Are Not The Indexes You're Looking For
Picture the scene….. DBA Doug is sitting in his cubicle minding his own business when App Dev Allister gives him...
2018-09-29
155 reads
SQL Server How to Check What Settings Are Set On Active Sessions
SQL Server has a number of settings set on a session that can influence the behaviour or queries. When debugging...
2018-06-01
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SQL Server How to Check What Settings Are Set On Active Sessions
SQL Server has a number of settings set on a session that can influence the behaviour or queries. When debugging...
2018-06-01
111 reads
SQL Server Minimally Logged Inserts (Assume Nothing!)
Side note : I originally started this post to show with examples all the scenarios where you can get minimal logging...
2018-05-29
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SQL Server Minimally Logged Inserts (Assume Nothing!)
Side note :
I originally started this post to show with examples all the scenarios where you can get minimal logging...
2018-05-29
165 reads
Blogs
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...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
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