Article re-featured on SQLServerCentral
The second article I had published on SQLServerCentral, ANSI PADDING, Trailing Whitespace, and Variable Length Character Columns, was re-featured in...
2009-07-31
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Jack Corbett
- Interests: Sports, books, Bible
ActiveAugust –> Getting More Fit
ActiveAugust started as a discussion on Twitter and Mike Walsh (@mike_walsh) has set the bar with his blog post about...
2009-07-28
1,199 reads
SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando Announced!
Andy Warren and crew at OPASS have announced that SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando will be held at Seminole Community College, 100...
2009-07-28
1,299 reads
Learning some javascript
As part of my work I need to be a “Jack of all trades” meaning I not only need to...
2009-07-24
641 reads
Meet, Greet, & Remember?
How many of you have said, “I have a real hard time remembering names” or “Excuse me, I know we...
2009-07-21
413 reads
Mystery of Failing Database Mail
Have you ever seen this error when you have setup database mail:
The mail could not be sent to the recipients...
2009-07-20
429 reads
July OPASS Meeting Recap
Last night I attended, along with about 20 others, the latest and greatest OPASS meeting. I got there early to...
2009-07-15
531 reads
Off Topic – Why I’m unclebiguns on Twitter
There may be some people wondering why I go by the name @unclebiguns on Twitter. I am basing this on...
2009-07-15
397 reads
OPASS Meeting July 14th
Hey, Orlando area SQL Server folks, don’t forget the OPASS meeting 6pmTuesday, July 14th at End to End Training (map). ...
2009-07-13
445 reads
Mid-year update on my goals
I recently saw that Steve Jones had posted an update on his 2009 goals and realized that is was about...
2009-07-07
368 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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