Top 5 Oracle Nuances I learned Today
I don’t do much with Oracle – at all. Once in a blue moon, I find a little project to do...
2011-08-16
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Jason Brimhall
Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method...
2011-08-15
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Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method is called Database Mail. If you want to send...
2011-08-15
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Summit 2011
Call me a slacker. I have been postponing registering for Summit 2011. I wanted to be sure that I had the week available in order to attend. I finally...
2011-08-11
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Summit 2011
Call me a slacker. I have been postponing registering for Summit 2011. I wanted to be sure that I had...
2011-08-11
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TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and...
2011-08-10
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TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and bringing us oodles of failure. Adam Machanic is hosting...
2011-08-10
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FK Hierarchy v 2.1
Last month I published an update to my Foreign Key Hierarchy script. Today, I am providing a new update for that script. A friend (Rémi Grégoire) helped out with...
2011-08-09
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FK Hierarchy v 2.1
Last month I published an update to my Foreign Key Hierarchy script. Today, I am providing a new update for...
2011-08-09
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S3OLV August Meeting II
I recently published a post about the upcoming meeting for S3OLV. This post is to serve as an update to...
2011-08-08
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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...
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Safe and Reliable Transport of Farm Machinery: Solutions of the Modern Agricultu
Ship A1 Auto Transport is a reliable provider of services who delivers safe and...
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