Failed to Create the Audit File
One day while checking things for clients, I happened across a fun little error message - "SQL Server Audit failed to create the audit file". It just so happens...
2017-12-31
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Jason Brimhall
An Introduction to Templates
Templates are a powerful tool in so many trades and crafts. From decals and stickers all the way up to the largest cruise ships in the world, templates can...
2017-12-30
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An Introduction to Templates
Templates are a powerful tool in so many trades and crafts. From decals and stickers all the way up to...
2017-12-30
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An Introduction to Templates
Templates are a powerful tool in so many trades and crafts. From decals and stickers all the way up to...
2017-12-30
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Audit Domain Group and User Permissions
No matter how simple the task or how versed we are with doing a security audit, it seems like we...
2017-12-29
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Audit Domain Group and User Permissions
No matter how simple the task or how versed we are with doing a security audit, it seems like we...
2017-12-29
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Audit Domain Group and User Permissions
No matter how simple the task or how versed we are with doing a security audit, it seems like we can always stand to learn just a little bit...
2017-12-29
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Correlate Trace and XE Events
Several years back, when Extended Events was brand new, it was downright painful to try and convert the classic Profiler or Server Side trace to something meaningful and useful...
2017-12-28
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Correlate Trace and XE Events
Several years back, when Extended Events was brand new, it was downright painful to try and convert the classic Profiler...
2017-12-28
543 reads
Correlate Trace and XE Events
Several years back, when Extended Events was brand new, it was downright painful to try and convert the classic Profiler...
2017-12-28
234 reads
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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