Keeping Large Table Statistics Current -TF2371
Statistics are the magic ingredient that helps the query optimizer create its best guess for generating an execution plan. Keeping...
2018-11-01 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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Blog Posts
Moving a Google Form Between Google Domains
If you are anything like me, you might have a few different Google accounts that you work with on a...
2018-11-01
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Reading execution plan sql server use of Plan Explorer
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I recently started using this. Since it was licensed earlier, now it’s free. This is an awesome tool for...
2018-11-01
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Three ways a virtual Database Administrator (vDBA) could be just what your business needs
How often have you felt like you need an extra pair of hands? When you’re planning a party? Maybe. When...
2018-11-01 (first published: 2018-10-24)
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How do I look at my error log if SQL won’t open?
Quick and easy post today. Hopefully you’ve opened the error log on a SQL instance. However, what happens if you...
2018-10-31 (first published: 2018-10-22)
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How to create DACPAC file?
In this post I will explain what the DACPAC is and how to create it. In previous post in DevOps...
2018-10-31
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Installing Azure Data Studio
Azure Data Studio is the newest tool from Microsoft for working on the data platform. Last year we saw the...
2018-10-31 (first published: 2018-10-19)
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PASS Summit, SQLTrain and My First US SQL Saturday
Next week is the week when I used to dread looking at Twitter and especially the #PASSsummit hashtag, watching all of...
2018-10-31
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Speaking at PASS Summit
The title says it all, this year I have been selected as a speaker at the world’s largest Microsoft Data...
2018-10-31
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String or binary data would be truncated: get the full picture in SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2019 Preview (CTP 2.0) introduced a long-awaited improvement to an error message that’s been around in SQL Server...
2018-10-31
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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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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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