How to Move System Databases to a New Physical Directory
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Centrally collect replication conflicts and send an alert
Automatically capture replication conflicts and generate an automated email notification.
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Learn how you can update multiple servers in a single bound with this technique from Kimberly Killian.
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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