Identifying Frequently Running Queries
It’s not enough to look at the longest running query. What if you have two queries, one runs for 5...
2009-09-21
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Blog Posts
More Free Training Resources
A recent blog by Jack Corbett (No Training Budget Still No Excuse, followed up by SSC’s Steve Jones here) hit...
2009-09-21
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My next republished article is now available
Okay, my second article which was originally published on sswug.org, is now available on SQLServerCentral.com. This article compares two methods...
2009-09-21
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One Too Many Plates Spinning
I’ve written here and there about my attempts at time management and the idea that as you spin more and...
2009-09-21
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Random Thoughts for Monday..
Hi, all! Hope everyone had a great weekend!
I was preparing my Blog for today on a subject I believe...
2009-09-21
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South Florida Code Camp Announced for 2010
Just received a note from Dave Noderer that the 2010 South Fla Code Camp will be February 13th in Mirarmar,...
2009-09-21
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TSQLScripts.com – Script of the Week
After about 3 weeks of digging through .css files and html code I finally found the problem with the site. ...
2009-09-21
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Upcoming SQL Lunch (Live Meeting) – Historical DMV Information
The next SQL Lunch is scheduled for Monday, September 28. See below for details
Date: 9/28/2009
Time: 11:30 AM
Meeting URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=F7DRFD&role=attend
Presenter: Thomas...
2009-09-21
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Windows Tip - PAE - did you know that.....
Everyone remembers that in 32-bit windows architecture, in order for SQL Server (2005) to address more than 4GB of memory, one...
2009-09-21
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Follow Up To The Boss Is Always Right
My friend Kevin had sent this to me after I wrote The Boss Is Always Right but before it was...
2009-09-20
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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...
Forums
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