Understanding SQL Server Full-text Indexing – (Part 2)
Checkout the final part of this two part article series here, in which I discussed how to create full-text index...
2013-09-17
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
Understanding SQL Server Full-text Indexing – (Part 1)
SQL Server allows applications and users to execute full- text search queries against character based data in SQL Server tables....
2013-09-17
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Up or out? Deciding on SQL Server scalability
Scalability is the ability of a system to support an increased workload by adding incremental system resources without fundamentally changing...
2013-08-06
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SQL Server upgrade paths: What to do before, during, after upgrading
Creating SQL Server upgrade paths from one version to another is a task that every database administrator is eager to...
2013-08-06
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Guide to SQL Server Table Indexes (Part 3)
Checkout the part-3 of my five part article series on Guide to SQL Server Table Indexeshere, in which you will learn...
2013-08-06
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Guide to SQL Server Table Indexes (Part 2)
Checkout the part-2 of my five part article series on Guide to SQL Server Table Indexeshere, in which you will learn...
2013-08-06
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Designing and Implementing Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Architecture – (Part 2)
SQL Server allows applications and users to execute full- text search queries against character based data in SQL Server tables....
2013-08-06
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Understanding Data Normalization
Normalization, which is the key part of the OLTP databases logical design process, is a design requirement for OLTP databases....
2013-08-06
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Guide to SQL Server Table Indexes (Part 1)
One of the most important tasks for every database administrator (DBA) is to ensure that query times are consistent with...
2013-07-15
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Understanding SQL Server Query Optimization Statistics
SQL Server query optimizer uses statistics to create query plans that improve query performance. For most queries, the query optimizer...
2013-07-15
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A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
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dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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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