Underused sp_WhoIsActive capabilities: @delta_interval
Great Ghost In the last post, we looked at how to see if your query is misbehaving, or if things…
2019-05-10
Administration
Log File Expansion Automation
SQL Server Database Log file expansion can be fairly tedious if you need to make the log bigger in many reasonably-sized growth increments. It can be tedious because you...
2019-05-10
Access is denied – Using DTCPing utility between two Windows Server 2016
Few days ago a client requested the configuration of MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator). NOTE: If you want to know more about it here is a nice FAQ from...
The...
2019-05-10
Life behind a proxy server: downloading content for SSMS Help Viewer
Life behind a proxy server can be problematic. Not every software out there is tested correctly for proxy interaction and oftentimes the experience for the corporate user is a...
The...
2019-05-09
Underused sp_WhoIsActive capabilities: @get_avg_time
Ablazemalls Look, it’s impressive enough that sp_WhoIsActive works as well as it does. Most people who’ve been using it for…
2019-05-09
Why is my log file not shrinking when I do regular backups?
I often times get the question similar to “Why is my log file not shrinking when I do regular backups”? It goes to show there the functionality of the...
2019-05-08
Unable to Start Execution – Login Doesn’t have Permissions to use the Proxy
Proxy accounts for PowerShell, SSIS, and Operating System (CmdExec) job steps are instrumental when performing certain actions in SQL Server Agent. Once you’ve set up a proxy, and configured...
2019-05-08
Default Backups and Feature Awareness
Default backup schemes for databases would be a nice enhancement.
2019-05-08
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SQL SERVER – Script to Kill All Inactive Sessions – Kill Sleeping Sessions from sp_who2
I consider myself fortunate that I get to work with so many different clients while engaged in Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Recently we found out that one of...
2019-05-06
Error -2068643839 / 1602 Installing msoledbsql.msi and msodbcsql.msi for SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.5
(last updated: 2019-05-05 @ 11:55 EST / 2019-05-05 @ 15:55 UTC ) I had gone through the process of uninstalling the now obsolete SQL Server 2019 CTP, and then...
The...
2019-05-05
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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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...
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