2013-04-03 (first published: 2013-03-08)
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Scripts
2013-04-02 (first published: 2008-09-11)
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2013-04-01 (first published: 2013-03-08)
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2013-03-29 (first published: 2013-03-08)
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Backup history details EMAIL (past 24 hours) in HTML format
Get backup status email daily to your inbox in HTML format.
2013-03-27 (first published: 2013-03-14)
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2013-03-26 (first published: 2013-03-15)
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Monitor current transactions and get all required information
Check which transactions are running, query text, percent complete , query_plan, wait_type, and how long they have been running etc. - with one command.
2013-03-25 (first published: 2013-03-15)
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Powershell - Document your environment
This script is an improvement from my original script entitled "Powershell - Query SQL Servers Operating system details".
2013-03-22 (first published: 2013-02-27)
2,395 reads
2013-03-21 (first published: 2013-02-27)
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2013-03-19 (first published: 2013-03-01)
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
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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