SSRS: My Filter is not Working!!!
I rarely use filters in my SSRS reports. However, this was a client requirement. When we attempted to use the...
2011-03-07
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Patrick LeBlanc
SQL Lunch #50 - Solitary Containment (An Overview of SSIS Containers)
Join us tomorrow on the SQL Lunch for a little SSIS.
Topic: #50-Solitary Containment - An Overview of SSIS Containers
If you’ve ever...
2011-03-02
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I travel, I work, I EAT
As most of you know I am a consultant with Pragmatic Works, which requires me to travel a bit. During...
2011-02-12
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Presentations: Slides and Demos
Over the past couple of weeks I have given several presentations. At each presentation I have promised to post the...
2011-02-09
658 reads
Second Book Available for Pre-Order
Over the past six months I have writing chapters for my next book. The book is titled SharePoint 2010 Business...
2011-02-07
765 reads
Speaking at the Houston SQL Server Users Group
Since I am working at a client this week in Houston, I begged Nancy Hide Wilson (President Houston SQL Server Users...
2011-02-07
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SSIS: Custom Folder in your Package Store
Recently at SQL Saturday #57 – Houston I explained how to add a custom folder to your SSIS package store. I...
2011-02-07
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The Many Faces of SQL Server
Well, one of my goals this year was to focus on branding myself a little more. So I decided to...
2011-02-03
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SQL Lunch - Introduction to Change Data Capture
Join me tomorrow for a little CDC.
#47-Introduction to Change Data Capture
Speaker: Patrick LeBlanc
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2011-01-31
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SQL Saturday #57 Houston
So you don’t have anything to do this Saturday.Well, if you have an insatiable thirst for SQL knowledge like me,...
2011-01-28
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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...
Forums
What Scanning Hundreds of SQL Servers Taught Me About the Defaults We All
I have been reading SQLServerCentral for about 15 years and somehow never posted. This...
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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25 Years Later: What SQLServerCentral Meant to Me
Comments posted to this topic are about the item 25 Years Later: What SQLServerCentral...
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