Last Week Reading (2019-03-10)
Databricks-Connect – FINALLY! Do write your code in VS Code and run it remotely on Azure Databricks cluster. Automatically validate E-mail...
2019-03-11
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Blog Posts
Missing Indexes in the Query Store
I’ve shown before how to use the DMVs that read the plan cache as a way to connect the missing indexes suggestions with specific queries, but the other place...
2019-03-11
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My latest presentations
I frequently present at user groups, and always try to create a brand new presentation to keep things interesting. We...
2019-03-11
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My latest presentations
I frequently present at user groups, and always try to create a brand new presentation to keep things interesting. We all know technology changes so quickly so there is...
2019-03-11
14 reads
One week blogging hiatus
I’m taking a brief break from daily blogging, even though it has been a ton of fun.
No excuses
I hope...
2019-03-11
223 reads
Optimize for ad hoc VS sp_executesql?
Happy Friday! We made it. Here’s something I came across while testing optimize for ad hoc for this week’s blog...
2019-03-11 (first published: 2019-02-22)
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Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019 – Simpler functions
Scalar UDF Inlining, introduced in SQL Server 2019, promises to improve the performance of Scalar UDFs. Let's look into the performance gains this offers.
The post Scalar UDF Inlining in...
2019-03-11
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Scalar UDF Inlining in SQL Server 2019 – Simpler functions
Scalar UDF Inlining, introduced in SQL Server 2019, promises to improve the performance of Scalar UDFs. Let's look into the performance gains this offers.
The post Scalar UDF Inlining in...
2019-03-11
59 reads
Weekly reading #6
Coding Family is late this week with the blog post! It is due to heavy storms and wind! It started...
2019-03-11
236 reads
WIT Panel for Women’s History Month
I cannot write this without stating some history. I have been part of PASS community since 1999. That is 21...
2019-03-11
216 reads
Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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...
Forums
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