There may be a time when you want to turn off transparent data encryption on one of your TDE enabled databases. In this tip, Greg Larsen shows you how simple it is to remove Transparent Data Encryption.
2018-08-14
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In this article, Michael Sorens describes unit testing for applications written in Go. While focused on Go, many of his recommendations and techniques can be applied to other languages as well.
2018-08-13
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2018-08-10
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Being a database administrator is much more than knowing how to install SQL Server and set up a database. One of the most important responsibilities is being proactive by monitoring the instances in their care. But, what should be monitored? Here are the top five things to monitor when you are a SQL Server DBA
2018-08-09
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Although there are many different things that can be done to improve the performance of a database system, creating an index is the main tool in every DBA's toolbox that is used when we are trying to improve the performance of a query.
2018-08-08
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In the world of paradigm shifts, many organizations are looking at the prospect of a technology migration, where capabilities are moved to a new set of technologies, supporting and enabling the business for the future. On other hand, a technology or platform may reach the end of its life for other business reasons, like ease of use, increased cost, etc.
2018-08-07
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Agile methodology for software delivery is accepted at many organizations but is not used everywhere. In this article, Mohammad Rizvi gives advice on how to successfully implement a software project in a non-Agile environment.
2018-08-06
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Pinal Dave explains how missing index hints are like restaurant appetizers.
2018-08-03
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Many organizations are moving to Azure and other cloud providers. Understanding how resources are being used and what is spent is very important. In this article, Feodor explains his solution for automating the collection of the Enterprise Agreement billing from Azure into an Azure SQL Database where it can be analyzed.
2018-08-02
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Do you need a way to roll-up multiple rows into one row and one column. You know you can roll-up multiple rows into one row using Pivot, but you need all of the data concatenated into a single column in a single row. this tip looks at a simple approach to accomplish this.
2018-08-01
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A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item 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