Article of the Week – Sanjay Mirsha (Data Compression)
Data Compression was introduced in SQL Server 2008. This feature helps compress data inside the database, thus potentially reducing the...
2009-11-10
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Patrick LeBlanc
New Job with Pragmatic Works
Well if you attended PASS, you already know that I am changing jobs. I recently accepted a position with Pragmatic...
2009-11-09
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Today’s SQL Lunch – Understanding and Preventing SQL Injection with Kevin Kline
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Click the above Meeting URL around 11:00 AM CST on 10/12/2009...
2009-11-09
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PASS Presentation Rehearsal
My friend Trevor Barkhouse called me up a couple of nights ago and asked if I could host a Live...
2009-10-30
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SQLLunch – Accidental DBA and Performance Data Collector
If you haven’t had a chance to attend the SQL Lunch Live Meeting learning series then sign in Monday at...
2009-10-23
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Wildcard – Match One Character using Underscore (_)
I was recently contacted by a developer with what I would consider to be a very simple question. How do...
2009-10-21
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SQL Saturday #21 Orlando – Recap
This past weekend I had the pleasure of not only attending, but speaking at SQL Saturday in Orlando, FL. When...
2009-10-19
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MSDE – Database Size Limit
Most of you are aware that the Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) limits database size to 2 gigabytes. ...
2009-10-13
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SQL Server Lunch Milestone (100+ Attendees)
Today’s SQL Lunch was a huge success, even though we experienced a few technical difficulties. Tim Mitchell spoke on Deploying...
2009-10-12
774 reads
Baton Rouge October SQL Server User Group
Last night I presented, Monitoring Disk Space using CLR, to the Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group. There were...
2009-10-09
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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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