What's In A Blog? - BlogLock
Hi, ALL. Today's Blog is much ado about nothing? A totally free-form blog entry, with random thoughts on a passing scene.
Sometimes, it...
2011-07-01
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Robert Pearl
Good stuff for the DBA from SQL Server Magazine...
I literally changed the topic of my blog today, (as I had my blogger open), since I had read some pretty...
2011-06-24
1,144 reads
New York SQL Events - Upcoming Triple Play......
If you're in a New York State of Mind (song by Billy Joel), then you'll like the triple play of...
2011-06-21
1,336 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #19 - Disasters & Recovery
When I heard Allen Kinsel’s (aka @sqlinsaneo|Twitter) Invitation to T-SQL Tuesday #19 – Disasters & Recovery, for some reason, I read it...
2011-06-14
1,592 reads
Meme 2 - A Quick Meme Monday Post.....
Well, ok. I'll jump on the bandwagon again.
Power has been restored to Mr. LaRock's Residence, just in time for meme Monday.
(And really,...
2011-06-06
1,158 reads
SQLSaturday #77 Pensacola Florida Event Preview
Sometimes, even if I’m not attending, some SQLSaturdays stand out to me, and catch my interest. I guess it’s a...
2011-06-03
1,008 reads
NEW: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook
I have had the pleasure of knowing and communicating with Mr. Satya Shyam K. Jayanty, aka Satya/aka SQLMaster|twitterfor several years...
2011-06-02
2,236 reads
Taking It to the Extreme: SQLCLR and Parallelism - a NYC event coming soon!
Here’s another awesome SQL event coming to New York City. (Keep reading for your discount below!) It’s already getting hot...
2011-05-31
2,355 reads
The Ties that Bind Us....Community, People, Exceptional DBAs...
Hi, All. Just some thoughts on a passing scene. Didn't expect to blog today. Many projects in the queue, but...
2011-05-25
1,307 reads
EVENT: NYC SQL Server User Group Presents SSRS with Edwin Sarmiento.
Another great event coming to NYC this Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 6PM! The NYC SQL Server User Group presents a...
2011-05-24
1,232 reads
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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