SSMS Tips & Tricks – Scripting Multiple Objects
This is one that I figured most everyone would know, but repeatedly over the past couple weeks in my office,...
2011-04-02
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Blog Posts
T-SQL LOWER(): Change an all uppercase string to lower case
The T-SQL LOWER() command allows you to change an uppercase string to a lowercase string.
For example, it will allow you to change the word...
2011-04-02
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A 22 Hour Layover
I joked about having a 22 hour layover in Denver yesterday and a few people were wondering what airline screwed...
2011-04-01
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Announcing The Association For SQL Server
Recently there have been a number of PASS members who have become unhappy with the direction of the organization and...
2011-04-01
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April Question: Which high availability option(s) do you employ for SQL Server instances, and why did you choose them?
As DBAs, we are responsible for the protection of our organization’s data, and we have many different options to protect...
2011-04-01
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Changing Directions
I See Dead Tech….
Knowing when a technology is dying is always a good skill to have. Like most of my...
2011-04-01
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Indexing Just Got Easy
As a database professional one of the things that we should be familiar with is the use of indexes. In...
2011-04-01
657 reads
Indexing Just Got Easy
As a database professional one of the things that we should be familiar with is the use of indexes. In SQL Server an index helps to improve query performance...
2011-04-01
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Powershell Day 1
Day 1 Introduction to Powershell I got inspired by great people like Paul Randal and Glenn Berry and decided to...
2011-04-01
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Reflections on Dev Connections / SQL Connections
When SQL Connections in the spring was announced, the folks at Red Gate and SQL Server Central reached out to...
2011-04-01
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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