Why Don't I have a Preferred Replica?
The client reported that the log file on their main database was growing unusually large, and when they checked the...
2018-04-27 (first published: 2018-04-18)
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Blog Posts
Working with Consultants
After being immersed into the consulting world again for 6 months now, I’ve gotten to work with clients in several...
2018-04-27
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YouTube Channel Update: 27 April 2018
Despite a hiccup recently on Twitter where I managed to spam all my followers with links to my YouTube videos...
2018-04-27
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180 – Is It Time For A Turnaround?
What needs to change? The challenge to explore is are there things in your current day to day that needs...
2018-04-26
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Check health and status of Availability Group using DMVs
-- Health and status of WSFC cluster. These two queries work only if the WSFC has quorumSELECT*FROMsys.dm_hadr_clusterSELECT*FROMsys.dm_hadr_cluster_members
-- Health of the AGsSELECT...
2018-04-26
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dbachecks – Going parallel – Cut off your execution times
On one of the last clients I have worked, I have implemented dbachecks in order to get the state of...
2018-04-26
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2018-04-26
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Execution Plan Shortcoming in Extended Events
I use Extended Events almost exclusively for capturing query metrics. They are the most consistent and lowest cost mechanism for...
2018-04-26 (first published: 2018-04-16)
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Gather Always On Configuration using a DMV query
If you were like me, you would know your AG configuration by heart. However, what if you get busy with...
2018-04-26
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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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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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