2015-09-22 (first published: 2012-10-01)
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Monte Kottman
Show Job Run Snapshot
Show all job history between two dates. This is much easier than trying to navigate the job history log file viewer.
2012-10-19 (first published: 2012-09-17)
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SQL Start up Script
This is a script that I run when SQL starts to notify me via email that a server has restarted as well as the location of the server.
2012-09-25 (first published: 2012-08-29)
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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