2022-11-23
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An Introduction to SQL Triggers
Learn about SQL Server triggers and how to use them for inserts, updates, and deletes on a table, along with step-by-step examples.
2022-11-21
2022-11-21
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Try Before You Commit in Flyway
Sometimes we want to check whether it is possible to run a Flyway migration without error, but not actually make the changes. We might just need to 'sanity test' the performance of a migration on the Staging server, for example. By using a placeholder 'switch' to trigger a SQL Exception, we can get Flyway to roll-back its transaction, and therefore the migration, on demand.
2022-11-18
2022-11-18
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Refresh a Power BI Dataset using Microsoft Power Automate
Learn how to refresh a Power BI dataset by integrating Power Automate into the report.
2022-11-18
SQL LIKE Statement for Various Text Patterns
In this article, we look at how to use SQL LIKE statement to find various text patterns contained within a set of text along with many different examples of how to use LIKE.
2022-11-16
2022-11-16
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2022-11-21 (first published: 2022-11-14)
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Build Your Own SQL Server Central Monitoring Solution with PowerShell
In this article, we look at how to use PowerShell scripts to query all of your SQL Server instances to build your own central monitoring solution.
2022-11-14
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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