How Many Objects Can Own Pages in a Mixed Extent
I saw an exchange on Twitter this past weekend on the #sqlhelp hash tag about how pages are allocated for...
2015-09-14
648 reads
Robert Davis
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Oklahoma City User Group Presentation Files
Earlier this week, I got the opportunity to present online for the Oklahoma City SQL Server User Group on SQL...
2015-07-15
715 reads
Error Creating Remote Distributor When Creating a Local Distributor
Recently, I was working on a Peer-to-peer replication automation project. When I switched from my local test servers to some...
2015-04-16
740 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #65 – Overcoming Variable Limitations in SQLCmd Mode
It’s time again for that T-SQL blog party T-SQL Tuesday, and this month’s host is Mike Donnelly (blog|@SQLMD). If you...
2015-04-14
699 reads
Patching Master Data Services
I recently installed my first deployment of Master Data Services (MDS). I installed the SQL Server 2014 (Enterprise Edition) MDS...
2015-04-13
829 reads
Performance Counters: Why It Depends
When you’re working through some vague performance issues (e.g., “SQL Server seems slow today”), one of the common things to...
2014-08-18
1,248 reads
Speaking at SQL PASS Summit 2014
I am honored to be selected to deliver 2 sessions at the SQL PASS Summit 2014. I will be delivering...
2014-06-29
1,317 reads
Size Matters: 2 Products to Accelerate SQL Traffic
I talked previously about network pipelines and how to get the most out of a fat network in the post...
2014-05-07
1,171 reads
Why is Your SQL Server Slow? All-for-one and One-for-all
I have one more thing I want to talk about regarding the conversation I had recently with my friends and...
2014-02-14
1,106 reads
Why is Your SQL Server Slow? Here’s a Hint
I was talking recently with my friends and former colleagues at Idera about the things that slow down SQL Server....
2014-02-11
1,080 reads
Blogs
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...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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