Memory Grants part 5: Query hints
Proceed with caution, if you’re thinking of using query hints. This post will specifically cover min_grant_percent and max_grant_percent.
My opinion on...
2019-02-11 (first published: 2019-01-22)
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Arthur's Blog
Memory Grants part 4: The Resource Semaphore
Part of query memory grants, part 4! This post will cover the wait type RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE briefly, but the focus is...
2019-01-21
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New page on this blog: Contact Me
This is not a technical post! Just wanted to say that I set up a public email address for this...
2019-01-19
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Memory Grants part 3: How much memory can one query get?
When you build a brand new shiny SQL Server, you want to get a lot of memory so your queries...
2019-01-31 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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When the query plan hash is deceptive
When you’re querying the plan cache, you need to know the four primary objects: the query hash, query plan hash,...
2019-01-17
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A brief introduction for bcp
I end up using the bcp utility to move tables between environments, and I’ve found that a lot of the...
2019-02-04 (first published: 2019-01-16)
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It’s always parameter sniffing (part 1?)
This is a blog post about a perennial issue. Have you ever had a call in the middle of the...
2019-01-28 (first published: 2019-01-16)
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SQL Server Monitoring: What to start measuring
So you’ve got a SQL Server that you want to monitor. What should you monitor? In my opinion, at bare...
2019-01-22 (first published: 2019-01-14)
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Execution plans: RetrievedFromCache
I first came across the value for RetrievedFromCache when I was reading a confusing execution plan. At first, I thought...
2019-01-11
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Why is the query hash so useful?
An example of how I use the query hash
I wrote a blog on what the query hash is, right here....
2019-01-10
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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
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In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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