Handy TSQL for Azure SQL Database
I do not always use the Azure portal to make database changes or to check for certain information. I use...
2018-05-14
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All About SQL
Extended Events – Using Azure Storage
Last year I wrote about Azure SQL Database extended events (https://blobeater.blog/2017/02/06/using-extended-events-in-azure/) and gave an example where I was capturing deadlocks...
2018-05-21 (first published: 2018-05-08)
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Getting my Twitter Data via Azure Logic Apps
As a mini project I wanted to use Azure logic apps to pull tweets from my twitter account when people...
2018-05-02
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Azure SQL Database – A Copying “Gotcha”
Creating copies of your Azure SQL Database is a common and relatively simple process. You can issue a TSQL statement...
2018-04-24
354 reads
Azure SQL Database vCore
vCore based performance levels are very new, currently in preview and not yet rolled out to all Azure regions (The...
2018-04-24 (first published: 2018-04-16)
2,375 reads
Azure SQL DW – Let’s Shuffle?
Initially, the main focus of this post was going to be quick and about using the latest version of SSMS...
2018-04-12
875 reads
Azure SQL Database and Columnstore Indexes
I have come to understand the importance of using columnstore indexes when my queries are aggregating and scanning across many...
2018-04-19 (first published: 2018-04-09)
2,214 reads
4 Improvements to Azure SQL Database
If I was a wizard I would make these 4 improvements to Azure SQL Database. They are in no particular...
2018-04-12 (first published: 2018-04-05)
2,182 reads
Azure SQL Database – Failed to Delete Database Nightmare
After demo building and testing features out within Azure SQL Database I like to delete the databases to save costs....
2018-04-03
372 reads
Database Has Been Paused
I was looking forward to do some work with Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DWH) when I hit the new query...
2018-04-03 (first published: 2018-03-27)
3,464 reads
Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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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