Being a Volunteer Leader Is Hard
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few weeks, maybe longer. It’s based on the three years I served...
2014-08-20
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Blog Posts
Database Creation using Create Database command
In SQL Server, database can be created by 2 ways:-
Using Create Database command Using SQL Sever Management Studio (SSMS).
In this article,...
2014-08-20 (first published: 2014-08-17)
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Effects of sp_rename on Stored Procedures
There comes a time when mistakes are made. Sometimes those mistakes can be as annoying as a spelling mistake during...
2014-08-20 (first published: 2014-08-14)
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ISPACs – Got To Love Em
Being a DBA and working with various teams, I have become accustomed to deploying SSIS packages. I’ll even go back...
2014-08-20
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 37
I’m continuing to experiment with the messaging. Without A/B testing (and maybe even with, given the small list size) it’s...
2014-08-20
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Still a Need for a SQL Server Specific Organization
If you haven’t already, please read Denise McInerney’s post about why PASS no longer stands for the Professional Association for...
2014-08-20
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The End of The Professional Association Of SQL Server? It Should Be More Than Just An Acronym
I read with a bit of despair this post by Denise McInerney this morning. Going forward, it’s just “PASS”. Somehow...
2014-08-20
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The Red Gate Way…
As companies go, Red Gate is a little different. That is readily apparent in our tools and the philosophy behind...
2014-08-20
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Two years!
Two years ago today I began my blog with a post about the DEFAULT keyword. I set out with the...
2014-08-20
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Updating tsqlt
I was looking to write a new test with the tsqlt framework recently. I wanted to isolate a stored procedure’s...
2014-08-20
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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
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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