SQL Homework – April 2018 – Indexes
This month we are going to look at a topic near and dear to both database developers and database administrators...
2018-04-02
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Blog Posts
Database Superhero Adventures, April 2018 Edition
Chicago O’Hare AirportI had two SQL Saturdays this month SQLSaturday Chicago and SQLSaturday Rochester both of which were very cold....
2018-04-01
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SQL Server Extended Availability Groups
It may come as no surprise to many that Microsoft has hastened the SQL Server development cycle. Furthermore, it may be no surprise to many that Microsoft has also...
2018-04-01
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SQL Server Extended Availability Groups
It may come as no surprise to many that Microsoft has hastened the SQL Server development cycle. Furthermore, it may...
2018-04-01
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Authentication issues with GitHub: An error occurred while sending the request —> System.Net.WebException: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.
This blog post is about an error that you may receive if you’re using git commands in PowerShell and authenticating...
2018-03-31
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Azure SQL Database Manage Instance
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is bridging the gap between 0n-premises SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database...
2018-03-31
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Geometry Objects in SQL Server using Latitude/Longitude coordinates
(2018-Mat-31) Support for spatial geometry functions was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 and then it was greatly improved in...
2018-03-31
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Azure SQL Database – Automatic Index Tuning
Introduction: -
We live in an era of “Automation”. Planes run on auto pilot mode, cars will soon be auto driven,...
2018-03-30
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Azure SQL Database – Automatic Index Tuning
Introduction: -
We live in an era of “Automation”. Planes run on auto pilot mode, cars will soon be auto driven, so why not have auto indexed databases? This article...
2018-03-30
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Azure SQL Database – Automatic Index Tuning
Introduction: -
We live in an era of “Automation”. Planes run on auto pilot mode, cars will soon be auto driven, so why not have auto indexed databases? This article...
2018-03-30
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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25 Years Later: What SQLServerCentral Meant to Me
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Doing Good at SQL Server Central
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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