6 Steps to setting up Replication with Mirroring
Script to setup transactional replication with updatable subscriptions when also using mirroring
2011-06-28 (first published: 2010-06-16)
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Scripts
2011-06-24 (first published: 2011-06-14)
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Powershell - Modify Server Name in SQL 2005 SSIS Connections
This powershell script updates the server name specified in connections within a SQL 2005 SSIS package
2011-06-24 (first published: 2011-06-22)
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2011-06-23 (first published: 2011-06-20)
625 reads
Vincenty Direct
Calculates the latlon coordinates for a given bearing and distance from reference latlon coordinates
2011-06-22
553 reads
SQL DBAdmin toolbox - Part 2: Verify all databases in the enterprise
Do you verify database backups regularly? If not, you may find this toolbox solution usable.
2011-06-21 (first published: 2011-06-15)
2,003 reads
Finding all Columns of an Index
This script helps to find all columns of an index on a table. Include columns covered (include)
2011-06-17 (first published: 2011-05-31)
1,384 reads
Table row count using 3 different ways
Three different ways that you can get the count of the rows in a table.
2011-06-16 (first published: 2007-08-16)
6,559 reads
Merge Tables in SQL 2005
To merge data in SQL 2005 from various table, we do not have a MERGE function as in SQL 2008. The following script gives an alternative approach of implementing in SQL 2005
2011-06-15 (first published: 2011-06-03)
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2011-06-14 (first published: 2007-12-05)
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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