Who is an expert?
Recently Paul Randal had a brief rant on twitter where he complained about the fact that there are no stupid...
2014-04-16
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Blog Posts
Who is an expert?
Recently Paul Randal had a brief rant on twitter where he complained about the fact that there are no stupid...
2014-04-16
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[SQL Snacks Video] SQL Server Table Partitioning 102
Welcome back for part 2 of my SQL Snack Pack on Table Partitioning! If you have not watched the first...
2014-04-15
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A ever-increasing Clustered Key value doesn’t scale!
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan – you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2014-04-15
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April 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist
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Make sure you start the month right by taking the time to make certain your SQL Server environment is...
2014-04-15 (first published: 2014-04-07)
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Farewell Brook Ranne
For members of the SQL community in Orlando and Chicago you’ve probably heard that Brook Ranne died on March 29,...
2014-04-15
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MDX # 40 – CROSS JOIN does not return Cartesian product of two hierarchies from the same dimension
Correction
4/25/2014
Thanks to Chris Webb’s comment (see the comment section). I am making a correction on this blog.
The title of this...
2014-04-15
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Optional Parameters Causing Index Scans
Optional parameters in a stored procedure often lead to scans in the execution plan, reading through the entire table, even...
2014-04-15
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Overview of Published Articles – 2014Q1
Since I write at different places – this blog, Intense School and MSSQLTips.com - someone recently asked me if I could provide an...
2014-04-15
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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) AU1 released
Microsoft’s PDW has seen a big boost in visibility and sales over the past year, and part of the reason...
2014-04-15
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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