Calculating Table Partition Sizes in Advance
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 7. The partitioning includes several major components of work (and can be linked...
2015-11-23
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Blog Posts
Create stub tSQLt tests in SSDT from stored procedures
I have released another tool as part of the ssdt dev pack, what this does is create tSQLt classes and...
2015-11-23 (first published: 2015-11-17)
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Cumulative update package 9 for SQL Server 2012 SP2
Microsoft just announced Cumulative update package 9 for SQL Server 2012 SP2
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2015-11-23
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Steps to install SQL Server CTP 3 on Windows Azure
Hi friends, SQL Server 2016 CTP 3 is available now and it can be downloaded on Azure. So I tried...
2015-11-23
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My PASS Summit 2015 Recap
A few days ago I returned from PASS Summit 2015 (and a vacation I took afterwards). Here’s my recap: I...
2015-11-22
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SSDT DevPack - Highlight expensive queries
When developing stored procedures in SSDT it is important to know when you have written a query that is potentially slow or has a high IO or CPU cost...
2015-11-22
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SSDT DevPack - Highlight expensive queries
When developing stored procedures in SSDT it is important to know when you have written a query that is potentially...
2015-11-22
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SSDT DevPack - Highlight expensive queries
When developing stored procedures in SSDT it is important to know when you have written a query that is potentially...
2015-11-22
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SSDT DevPack - Highlight expensive queries
When developing stored procedures in SSDT it is important to know when you have written a query that is potentially...
2015-11-22
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Download Analytic Platform System Tools and Books Online
Photo Credit – Mario KlingemannMicrosoft’s Analytic Platform System (APS) has been a favorite platform of mine over the last few years....
2015-11-20 (first published: 2015-11-17)
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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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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