SQL Server Denali CTP1 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the first SQL Server Denali–specific version of my Diagnostic Information Queries. There are actually only two queries (which...
2011-03-16
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Glenn Berry
Boulder SQL Server User’s Group Meeting
I will be presenting at the Boulder SQL Server User’s Group (BSSUG) on March 15, 2011. My presentation will be...
2011-03-15
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Mirrored Database Backups vs. Striped Database Backups
I have seen a few people get confused about the difference between a mirrored database backup (which is only available...
2011-03-14
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A Small Collection of SQL Azure Queries
We have been doing some more work with SQL Azure lately, so I have put together a small collection of...
2011-03-11
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Las Vegas SQL Server User’s Group Presentation on March 10
I will be giving a virtual presentation via LiveMeeting on March 10, 2011. The S3OLV User Group meeting starts at...
2011-03-09
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SQL Server Videos on Channel 9 From Microsoft
Here is a collection of 13 short (less than 10 minutes each) videos about improvements in SQL Server Denali, and...
2011-03-09
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March 2011 Version of SQL Server 2005 and 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Another month, and another new version of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information queries for both SQL Server 2005 and SQL...
2011-03-08
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Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Released
Microsoft has released the RTM version of Visual Studio 2010 SP1, which is available on the MSDN Subscribers web site.
Microsoft’s...
2011-03-08
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SQL Server Hardware Selection Presentation from Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta
I just wanted to post a link to my presentation on Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP...
2011-03-05
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Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta on March 5
I will be attending and speaking at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta in downtown Denver on March 5, 2011. This...
2011-03-01
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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...
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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
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is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
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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