SQL Resource
By now, I am sure that you are well aware of the Resource Database. Starting with SQL Server 2005, a...
2011-03-22
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SQL RNNR
SQL Resource
By now, I am sure that you are well aware of the Resource Database. Starting with SQL Server 2005, a new system database was made available – the Resource...
2011-03-22
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Dedupe Data CTE
As a DBA working with SQL Server, some data issues arise that need to be fixed. One such data issue...
2011-03-21
1,380 reads
Dedupe Data CTE
As a DBA working with SQL Server, some data issues arise that need to be fixed. One such data issue is the duplication of data. Duplicate data can happen...
2011-03-21
10 reads
Database Tools Follow-up
After posting a database tools list yesterday, I found that there were things that I had forgotten and a couple...
2011-03-18
602 reads
Database Tools Follow-up
After posting a database tools list yesterday, I found that there were things that I had forgotten and a couple of things that i hadn’t even considered. In thinking...
2011-03-18
4 reads
Database Tools
Recently I have posted a couple of articles about various database or SQL tools either for maintenance or for benchmarking....
2011-03-17
4,455 reads
Database Tools
Recently I have posted a couple of articles about various database or SQL tools either for maintenance or for benchmarking. Those posts work well in conjunction with a post...
2011-03-17
9 reads
SQL Server Standard Reports Winforms
In SQL Server, there is a good set of preloaded reports to help you monitor the Instance. These reports can...
2011-03-16
2,776 reads
SQL Server Standard Reports Winforms
In SQL Server, there is a good set of preloaded reports to help you monitor the Instance. These reports can be found under the Standard Reports and can be...
2011-03-16
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A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
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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...
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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