Podcast on Devops and the Database
I’ve been attempting to expand my reach to get back to my roots in development. I’m doing this because I...
2014-09-15
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Blog Posts
Statistics in SQL Server
I’ve put together a new Curah! of links to some of the better articles on SQL Server Statistics, specifically those...
2014-09-15 (first published: 2014-09-10)
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Thoughts On the NomCom Process
We’ve just wrapped up the interviews and I wanted to jot down a few thoughts on what I’ve seen from...
2014-09-15
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To be brief. What to do when PATH variable is too long to be real PATH.
Sometimes after installing pretty useful addins when starting SSMS you can see error message like "Exception has been thrown by...
2014-09-15
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 41 (“Statistics”)
Continuation from the previous 40 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
Note: This article is in’s 2nd version, after correcting comments done by...
2014-09-13
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Houston TechFest 2014: SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's
Awesome crowd this morning for my SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's presentation at Houston TechFest 2014, thanks very much...
2014-09-13
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Friday Followup For September 12, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-09-12
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Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Administration
Hello Dear Reader! Last September I was approached with a tremendous opportunity to become the Managing Author for the Professional...
2014-09-12
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Reblog: September 5 to September 11
Photo credit – JStove
Old posts are like unicorns. You might see them just once, but it’d sure be nice to have...
2014-09-12
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Schema on Read vs Schema on Write
Schema on Read vs Schema on Write in Business Intelligence
When starting build out a new BI strategy. There are more...
2014-09-12
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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