2011-03-01
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Indexing
Understanding Indexes
This article contains an introduction to SQL Server indexes and how they are used in your queries.
2011-02-15
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Unused Indexes in your databases
This Script allows you to determine the list of unused indexes in your databases.
For sys.dm_db_indexes_usage_stats, make sure that the last rebbot of the service sql allows you to conclude
2018-03-06 (first published: 2011-02-10)
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2011-02-03
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Query to get tables with no clustered indexes
Query to get tables with no clustered indexes(2K5,2K8,2K8 R2)
2011-02-14 (first published: 2011-01-28)
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Effective Clustered Indexes
As a guideline, clustered Indexes should be Narrow, Unique, Static and Ever Increasing (NUSE). Michelle Ufford Explains why.
2011-01-17
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2013-07-05 (first published: 2010-11-23)
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2010-10-05
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2011-03-18 (first published: 2010-09-21)
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Mid September Free Training from PASS
There's going to be over 30 hours of free online SQL Server training in the upcoming week and you're not going to want to miss out!
2010-09-13
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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
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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