Make Visual Studio Setup Slightly Faster
If you get the Visual Studio 2012 or 2013 web installer then it uses the BITS service to download the setup files.
The BITS service is used to download files...
2014-12-07
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Blog Posts
2014-12-07
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SQL Server – Ports used by Database Engine and other SQL Features
Most of us know the default port for SQL Server is 1433, but there are various ports being used by SQL Server...
2014-12-07
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How to determine free space on each fixed drive of server machine using SQL SERVER ? TIP #75
When you do SQL Server maintenance one of important aspect is available space on server drive because your SQL SERVER...
2014-12-06
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SQL Azure Point-in-Time Restore
SQL Azure Point-in-Time RestoreOCTOBER 26, 2014As a strategic direction, many companies have decided to start moving their SQL Server databases...
2014-12-06
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SQL Azure Point-in-Time Restore
SQL Azure Point-in-Time Restore
OCTOBER 26, 2014
As a strategic direction, many companies have decided to start moving their SQL Server databases into the cloud using SQL Azure. This change in...
2014-12-06
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Friday Followup For December 5, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-12-05
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How Functions function
If you are going to use functions first you should understand how functions work as they are often over used...
2014-12-05
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PASS BI VC recording is available now
The recording of the webinar I did for the PASS BI virtual chapter is live!
(Quick reminder: it was the same...
2014-12-05
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Reblog: November 28 to December 4
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-12-05
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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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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
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