Database Offline – Redux
A database can be offline at the time that you take over responsibility of the database. You will be asked when it was taken offline. This script will help...
2019-04-15
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SQL RNNR
Database Offline – Redux
A database can be offline at the time that you take over responsibility of the database. You will be asked when it was taken offline. This script will help...
2019-04-15
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Database Recovery Monitoring with XE
Database recovery (crash recovery) is a nerve wrenching situation under the wrong conditions. It can be as bad as a root canal and just as necessary to endure that...
2019-04-22 (first published: 2019-04-10)
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Database Recovery Monitoring with XE
Database recovery (crash recovery) is a nerve wrenching situation under the wrong conditions. It can be as bad as a root canal and just as necessary to endure that...
2019-04-10
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Making Databases Personal
If you can use a database to create automation routines to help sustain your work life, you can certainly do the same to sustain your personal life. Databases are...
2019-04-09
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Making Databases Personal
If you can use a database to create automation routines to help sustain your work life, you can certainly do the same to sustain your personal life. Databases are...
2019-04-09
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Database In Recovery Redux
One of the more gut-wrenching experiences of a DBA is to have a database get stuck in recovery. This typically happens when the server was rebooted unexpectedly and typically...
2019-04-08
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Database In Recovery Redux
One of the more gut-wrenching experiences of a DBA is to have a database get stuck in recovery. This typically happens when the server was rebooted unexpectedly and typically...
2019-04-08
6 reads
Indexed Views – Performance Panacea or Plight
An indexed view is a view where the result set from the query (the view definition) becomes materialized in lieu of the virtual table result set of a standard (non-indexed) view. Many...
2019-04-15 (first published: 2019-04-01)
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Indexed Views – Performance Panacea or Plight
An indexed view is a view where the result set from the query (the view definition) becomes materialized in lieu of the virtual table result set of a standard (non-indexed) view. Many...
2019-04-01
5 reads
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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