SQL and NOT SQL: Best of 2017
With only a few days left in 2017, I thought it would be fun to do a year in review post. Below you'll find some of my top 5...
2017-12-26
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Automatic Tuning and sys.dm_db_tuning_recommendations
In Azure SQL Database for quite some time and now available in SQL Server 2017, Microsoft has put a lot...
2017-12-26
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Accessing AzureML models through SQL Server in-database R services
In a previous article I discussed the various methods available in SQL Server 2016 & 2017 to perform in-database analytics. In...
2017-12-25 (first published: 2017-12-11)
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T-SQL Tuesday #97 – My learning plan
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by…er..yours truly. I picked a topic that usually comes up for me every December...
2017-12-25 (first published: 2017-12-11)
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What is the Automatic Plan Correction in SQL Server 2017?
SQL Server 2017 brings a new interesting feature, that might be a game changer in some environments. I’m talking about...
2017-12-25
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Adaptive Query Processing - Adaptive Joins - Plan resue - 3
Continuing on the series on Adaptive Query Processing covered overhere, this post would cover what happens to adaptive joins when...
2017-12-23
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Adaptive Query Processing - Adaptive Joins - Plan resue - 3
Continuing on the series on Adaptive Query Processing covered over here, this post would cover what happens to adaptive joins when plans are reused.
To give a...
2017-12-23
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Adaptive Query Processing - Adaptive Joins - Plan resue - 3
Continuing on the series on Adaptive Query Processing covered over here, this post would cover what happens to adaptive joins when plans are reused.
To give a...
2017-12-23
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My Interview at Data Platform Geeks 2017
Dear All, Earlier this year in August, I had the privilege of speaking at Data Platform Summit 2017 at Bangalore. As always a terrific experience to hangout, interact and...
2017-12-23
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My Interview at Data Platform Geeks 2017
Dear All,
Earlier this year in August, I had the privilege of speaking at Data Platform Summit 2017 at Bangalore. As...
2017-12-23
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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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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