sp_help_partition
If you are using partitioned tables, this may come in handy. I’ll keep it short and just post the code....
2010-08-08
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Getting Drive Info Part 1, sp_OA
This blog series will cover several different methods to collect drive information from a Windows server that is running SQL...
2010-06-29
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SSIS-DTS Package Search 2.0.18 released
SSIS-DTS Package Search 2.0.18 has been released. This is a bug fix release that addresses a problem with the search...
2010-06-08
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Living with DTS on SQL Server 2005 and 2008
The DTS support in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 is excellent (almost). Typically the packages and jobs do not need...
2009-11-02
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Which version of SSIS-DTS Package Search is right for you
The download page for SSIS-DTS Package search presents three choices:
SSIS-DTS Package Search for SQL Server 2000 on Windows x86SSIS-DTS Package...
2009-08-12
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Moving to Hyper-V
My primary development machine for the past 3 years was a 32 bit Toshiba Satellite notebook running XP named PROBE-DROID....
2009-06-04
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Anti-Virus Adventures
Denny Cherry wrote a blog post recently discussing whether to run anti-virus software on Sql Server machines. He said you...
2009-05-20
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SQL This, Not That – Episode 2
When creating a table with a column that will hold the name of a stored procedure that feeds an EXEC...
2009-04-30
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2009-04-28
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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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