Determine if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available
This script will determine the SQL Server version and edition in order to find out if BACKUP COMPRESSION is available.
2014-04-02 (first published: 2013-09-10)
910 reads
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Get the all user and their server role
The script give you the list of all users and their respective Server roles
2014-04-02 (first published: 2014-03-11)
1,566 reads
2014-03-31 (first published: 2014-03-03)
1,239 reads
DBCC,Backup, Verify and create Agent Job to restore
Script to Automatically Backup, Drop and create Agent Job to restore from that backup.
2014-03-25 (first published: 2014-03-03)
1,065 reads
Using Seqence Container instead of Identity
This script is an example of how to use Sequence, similar to Identity.
2014-03-24 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,351 reads
Script to Check the Database Backup duration
Script to Check the Database Backup duration of entire instances
2014-03-19 (first published: 2014-02-25)
2,126 reads
Script to Get the Database Restore history
Script to get the Database restore history details including with the files by which the database is restored.
2014-03-17 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,300 reads
Script to Get the Backup History
Script to get the database backup history on SQL Server 2000/2005/2008
2014-03-14 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,530 reads
2014-03-13 (first published: 2014-02-25)
1,102 reads
Calendar Table by Year
Populate a calendar table with user set interval start and end datetime values.
2014-03-11 (first published: 2014-02-21)
2,044 reads
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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