Developer’s Life – Every Developer is a Spiderman
Originally posted on Journey to SQL Authority with Pinal Dave:
I have to admit, Spiderman is my favorite superhero. The most...
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Cumulative Update #16 for SQL Server 2008 SP3
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Understanding CXPACKET wait stats in SQL Server
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Reviewer #17 Database Replication in SQL Server 2012
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Understanding the Copy_Only option in Backups for SQL Server
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The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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