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Data Platform MVP 2020

I am humbled to be among so many great professionals and honored at the same time for having been chosen.
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Disappearing Data Files

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Extended Events Gets a New Home

One of the most versatile and awesome power tools given to SQL Server now has a new home! This new home will serve as a fabulous repository of extensive...

2020-08-20 (first published: )

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The String Distance I

In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:

SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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