Execution Plans in Extended Events
Extended Events is a wonderful tool. Execution Plans are also some wonderful things – or are a wonderful tool as well. Both...
2015-06-17
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Jason Brimhall
Execution Plans in Extended Events
Extended Events is a wonderful tool. Execution Plans are also some wonderful things – or are a wonderful tool as well. Both of these tools are fantastic for troubleshooting. Combined,...
2015-06-17
11 reads
Adventures with NOLOCK
Some of the beauty of being a database professional is the opportunity to deal with our friend NOLOCK. For one reason or another this query directive (yes I am calling...
2015-06-15
4 reads
Extended Events, Birkenstocks and SQL Server
I bring you yet another installment in the monthly meme called T-SQL Tuesday. This is the 67th edition, and this time we have been given the opportunity to talk...
2015-06-10
3 reads
Database In Recovery Update
Many moons ago, I published a post that contained a script to aid in easing the anxiety that comes when a database is “In Recovery”. When I pulled that...
2015-05-18
5 reads
Database In Recovery Update
Many moons ago, I published a post that contained a script to aid in easing the anxiety that comes when...
2015-05-18
483 reads
Monitoring SQL Server
Welcome to the fabulous world of blog parties, SQL Server and what has been the longest running SQL Server related...
2015-05-12
554 reads
Monitoring SQL Server
Welcome to the fabulous world of blog parties, SQL Server and what has been the longest running SQL Server related meme in the blogosphere – TSQLTuesday. This month we...
2015-05-12
4 reads
2015-05-11
1,599 reads
Audit who Dropped the Database
In the first article on this topic (which can be read here), I discussed the problem of having a database...
2015-04-15 (first published: 2015-04-07)
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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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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