SQL Server: Identifying Edition Specifc features Used in a Database
I had a situation which forced me to do a feasibility study to move SQL server 2008 enterprise edition environment to standard edition. It is...
2013-06-26
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SQL Server: Part1 : All About SQL Server Statistics :Density Vector
In our daily life, we use the statistics to take the decision. In the same way SQL server optimizer use...
2013-06-25
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SQL Server : Index at a glance
In the last ten posts, we have discussed in details about the SQL server index and its storage structure. In...
2013-04-16
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SQL Server : Part 10: Importance of Key Column Position While Creating Index
Now we have discussed about different types of indexes in the last posts. In this post, let us discuss about...
2013-04-22 (first published: 2013-04-16)
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SQL Server : Part 9 : Filtered Index : A new way for Performance Improvemnt
Filtered index is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2008. All the indexes that we have discussed till now...
2013-04-08
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SQL Server : Part 8 : Explaining The Covering Index or Included Columns
In our earlier discussion about non clustered index ,we have seen that, the leaf level of a non clustered index...
2013-03-25
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SQL Server : Part 7 : Non clustered index on non unique column
In our earlier post, we have discussed about the non clustered index, but there we were always discussing about unique...
2013-03-24
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SQL Server : Part 6 : Design consideration of Clustered Index
In our earlier post, we have discussed about the structure and storage of clustered index. In this post we will discuss...
2013-03-21
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SQL Server : Part 5 : Explaining Non clustered Index on Heap
In the last post, we have discussed about non clustered index on a clustered table.In this post we will discuss...
2013-03-17
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SQL Server : Part 4 :Explaining the Non Clustered Index Structure
A table can have only one clustered index as the data rows are stored in the order of the clustered...
2013-03-14
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Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
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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