SQL Saturdays are Catching On
Andy Warren (blog| Twitter) sent me a link recently to a piece written by Kalen Delaney on the recent SQL...
2010-06-23
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM CU2 released.
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 2. It became available for download today, and you can...
2010-06-23
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SQL Server Operating System Checklist
As a part of a new book project, I am putting together a series of checklists that DBAs can use...
2010-06-23
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SQLSaturday Orlando Signs
Life in the event leader fast lane, finally got the signs for our upcoming #49 here in Orlando. In past...
2010-06-23
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Stop'n'Start SQL Services via command prompt (cmd)
Using the command prompt for stopping and starting services is a very nice possibility and very fast! We know that...
2010-06-23
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Vote for the Exceptional DBA of the Year
Starting today, you can vote for the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year. All of the nominations have been reviewed...
2010-06-23
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Building a PASS Voting Solution – Part 4
We’re almost at the end of the SQL side of things, just needing to send out notifications/reminders. I was torn...
2010-06-22
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Declare Scalar Variable
Lately I have been going through a bunch of maintenance style scripts and fixing them. Along with fixing them, I...
2010-06-22
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Detecting and Reducing VLFs in SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 Transaction Log Files
One common, but often undetected issue that I see with SQL Server databases is a very high number of virtual...
2010-06-22
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MDX Puzzle #1
MDX Puzzle #1
Recently, I embarked on a mission to become proficient at writing MDX queries. This is a challenge, as...
2010-06-22
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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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Safe and Reliable Transport of Farm Machinery: Solutions of the Modern Agricultu
Ship A1 Auto Transport is a reliable provider of services who delivers safe and...
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