Parameter Sniffing in SQL Server 2019: Air_Quote_Actual Plans
My last post talked about how parameter sniffing caused 3 problems for a query, and how SQL Server 2019 fixes one of them – kinda – with adaptive memory...
2019-04-09
General
A quick look at the new Power BI Report Builder
Patrick takes a quick look at Power BI Report Builder including how to get it. This report builder is optimized for the Power BI service. Patrick calls out a...
2019-04-09
Solving Logistic Regression Problems with Python
Hardik Jaroli shows how we can solve logistic regression problems using Python, using the Titanic data set as an example: We will be working with the Titanic Data Set...
2019-04-08
Group By Conference is Back April 11th!
I have joined forces with Blyther Morrow & Daniel Hutmacher to keep the GroupBy Virtual Conference going. We’re aiming to host the conference at least twice this year, and...
The...
2019-04-02
Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
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...
Forums
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