Snow, Heathrow Airport, Disaster Recovery
I recently flew from Boston to the UK through the Heathrow airport. It just happened to be on the day...
2018-01-02
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The Scary DBA
SQL Server Automatic Tuning and sys.dm_db_tuning_recommendations
In Azure SQL Database for quite some time and now available in SQL Server 2017, Microsoft has put a lot...
2017-12-26
791 reads
Query Store Wait Statistics with sys.query_store_wait_stats
The second best thing to questions that people ask is when I sit down to write a book. It’s so...
2017-12-18
641 reads
Execution Plan Metrics and Units of Measure
Have you ever looked at the properties inside an execution plan and wondered what the units of measure were? I...
2017-12-26 (first published: 2017-12-11)
1,428 reads
SQL in the City 2017
Redgate is once again hosting a live, virtual event for SQL in the City. We’re going to give you a...
2017-12-08
317 reads
Why I Use AdventureWorks for Demos
I know that when some people see AdventureWorks, their vision turns all red around the edges, their blood pressure spikes...
2017-12-04
366 reads
Automating T-SQL Code Analysis
With all the options available within T-SQL these days, it’s more and more imperative that our code be clear and...
2017-12-11 (first published: 2017-11-28)
2,250 reads
Database Fundamentals #15: Modifying Data With T-SQL
The preferred method for modifying your data within a database is T-SQL. While the last Fundamentals post showed how to...
2017-12-11 (first published: 2017-11-27)
1,786 reads
I May Never Be a Data Scientist
Chances are extremely high that I’ll never put down Data Scientist as my job. Considering what you do and what...
2017-11-22
395 reads
Get That Profiler Feel in Extended Events
I know. You love Profiler. I hear you. You’re wrong, but that’s OK. Kidding… mostly.
Unfortunately though, I think a lot...
2017-11-29 (first published: 2017-11-20)
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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...
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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