CodeName for the next generation of SQL Server??
Ever since the first version of SQL Server (1988??), Microsoft has found some interesting codenames for their releases
1993 – SQL Server 4.211995...
2011-04-20
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Justin H-Davies
Daily Denali Delight – Day 1
Code-named Denali – the next version of SQL Server is fast approaching.
And whenever CTP2 gets released (is this still unconfirmed?) you...
2011-04-20
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Optimising SQL Server for Sharepoint 2010
I attended the SharePoint Best Practices Conference this week in London. As a complete newbie, this event was superb - a...
2011-04-14
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Cloud computing – not without risk?
Interesting quote from Sharepoint Best Practices Conference :” 17% of IT Pros think benefits of cloud computing outweigh the risks”!!
That’s not...
2011-04-11
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Hostettler & the Bottleneckers
A bit of fun !
A long long time ago before the dawn of 2010, somewhere to the South of the...
2011-04-08
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Developing with SQL Server: Three ways to get at data
Getting at data within a .NET application can be straightforward using built in controls or much more complex through connections,...
2011-04-07
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Developing with SQL Server: Three ways to get at data
Getting at data within a .NET application can be straightforward using built in controls or much more complex through connections,...
2011-04-04
2,437 reads
Oracle Drops the Bomb
The below information has been taken from SSWUG.org.
Oracle Drops the Bomb
Since the purchase of Sun and it’s holdings by Oracle...
2011-03-28
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DevWeek 2011 – Day 1
Unfortunately, I couldn’t be in two places at one time, there were two tracks dedicated to the SQL Server DBA...
2011-03-25
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OUG Back to Basics Event – London Mar 2011
First Things First
At UKOUGs’ Back to Basics Special Event held in London today (Mar 24th), Niall Litchfield presented a very worthwhile...
2011-03-25
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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...
Forums
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