2011-04-27 (first published: 2011-04-21)
2,740 reads
Scripts
2011-04-26 (first published: 2011-04-20)
2,665 reads
Collect SQL Server/Process Information - Quickly
Execute this script to get information on SQL server, databases, processes, memory, buffer, locks, etc.
2011-04-21 (first published: 2009-09-03)
5,637 reads
Automate drive space monitoring for all production servers
Monitoring space in production server is one of the top priority tasks for a DBA. This script will automate it
2011-04-19 (first published: 2009-05-28)
6,099 reads
Reindex all indexes online or offline depending on day of week.
This script will reindex (online) any index eligible to be reindexed online. Accepts a day of week parameter for full offline reindexing.
2011-04-18 (first published: 2008-10-01)
4,689 reads
Security Audit Db_DataReader
Uses sp_MsForEachDb, locates members in db_datareader with permissions other than Select and Connect.
2011-04-14 (first published: 2011-03-29)
1,089 reads
Extend CHARINDEX with occurance matching
Retrieve the charindex of matching string for the desired occurrence
2011-04-13 (first published: 2011-04-06)
1,499 reads
date convertion to different time zone covering multiple location
converting a date from existing timezone to some different time zone covering multiple location
2011-04-05 (first published: 2011-03-24)
1,174 reads
2011-04-01 (first published: 2008-02-23)
3,791 reads
Comparing Stored Procedures, Part 3
Third in a series of scripts demonstrating a quantitative comparison between the text of two stored procedures
2011-03-30 (first published: 2009-02-16)
2,436 reads
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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