Continuous Learning
In case you can’t tell from some of my blog posts, I’m a bit of an advocate for DevOps. I’m extremely fortunate in my employer, Redgate Software, that they...
2019-07-01
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The Scary DBA
From Evangelist to Advocate
It’s time for a little bit of change to occur. I am no longer a Product Evangelist for Redgate Software. No, they haven’t fired me and I haven’t quit....
2019-06-25
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The Constant and Constantly Changing Role of the DBA
I’ve been working in and around data for over 30 years now. My title has changed a number of times and is poised to change again. My responsibilities have...
2019-06-24
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SQL Server Containers Are Boring
Not really, but sort of. The beauty of containers, at least in a dev/test environment, is the ability to spin them up while you need them and then throw...
2019-07-04 (first published: 2019-06-17)
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My #SQLFamily
To my Data Family, Redgate Family, #SQLFamily, and Family Family:Thank you!I love you!Keep going!
The post My #SQLFamily appeared first on Grant Fritchey.
2019-06-10
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Which Query Used the Most CPU? Implementing Extended Events
A question that comes up on the forums all the time: Which query used the most CPU. You may see variations on, memory, I/O, or just resources in general....
2019-06-03
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Container: More on Volumes
In my last post I showed how you can create a volume with your container. I then showed a few things you can with a container using a volume....
2019-06-17 (first published: 2019-05-28)
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Containers: Create a Custom Container
Creating a custom container is where things get truly exciting. There’s actually a ton of work and knowledge around this. To start with, I’m going to keep it simple....
2019-06-12 (first published: 2019-05-24)
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Containers: Working With Volumes
In the previous two posts on containers I showed how use Docker commands to get an image and create a container. This time, we’re going to create a container...
2019-05-23
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Containers: Creating a Container
In yesterday’s blog post we pulled SQL Server images in preparation for today’s blog post where we create containers from those images. If you haven’t already, get Docker installed...
2019-05-22
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Blogs
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...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
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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