How to Edit Read-Only Non-clustered Columnstore Data
As I've discussed in some of my previous posts, creating a non-clustered Columnstore index will make the index as well...
2014-08-06 (first published: 2014-07-29)
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Everyday SQL
Columnstore Table Analyzer
As I’ve discussed in some of my previous posts, there are quite a few data types that cannot be part...
2014-07-08
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Columnstore Memory Grant Issue
In a previous post about non-clustered columnstore indexes, I mentioned the creation of an index is a very memory intensive...
2014-06-03
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Comparison of Columnstore Compression
SQL Server 2012 introduced non-clustered columnstore indexes, and SQL Server 2014 gave us clustered columnstore indexes. Both share the same...
2014-05-20
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What is a Non-Clustered Columnstore Index?
First introduced in SQL Server 2012, the Columnstore index is a new in-memory feature that allows for the creation of...
2014-04-29
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The system_health Extended Event Session
When I first started poking around in SQL Server 2012, I noticed an extended event session called “system_health” was created...
2014-04-21 (first published: 2014-04-08)
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How Long is that SQL Command Going to Take?
Have you ever needed to restore a large database while someone is standing over your shoulder asking “How long is...
2014-03-04
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My Experience Aboard SQL Cruise 2014
Where do I begin? First let me say, WOW what an experience!
How it All Began
When I first heard about SQL...
2014-02-11
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Collecting Historical IO File Statistics
In a previous post, Collecting Historical Wait Statistics, I discussed how you can easily collect historical wait stats by using...
2013-12-17
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Collecting Historical Wait Statistics
As a DBA, I'm sure you've heard many times to always check the sys.dm_os_wait_stats DMV to help diagnose performance issues...
2013-12-16 (first published: 2013-12-11)
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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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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
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