December 2010 S3OLV Meeting
It is amazing how the months just seem to fly by these days. I probably say that every month. It seems appropriate though. This month we will be broadcasting...
2010-12-01
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Jason Brimhall
Drumroll Please…
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 10
After dragging this review on for months now, it is finally time to bring this bad...
2010-11-29
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Drumroll Please…
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 10 After dragging this review on for months now, it is finally time to bring this bad boy home and wrap it up. I have...
2010-11-29
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Giving Thanks
I came across a blog post today from Jason Strate (Blog | Twitter) about giving thanks. This topic has come about...
2010-11-23
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Giving Thanks
I came across a blog post today from Jason Strate (Blog | Twitter) about giving thanks. This topic has come about due to the holiday in the United States...
2010-11-23
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Defensive Db Programming Chapter 09
It is down to the final two chapters of the book by Alex Kuznetsova. Check out the previous chapter here....
2010-11-22
964 reads
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 09
It is down to the final two chapters of the book by Alex Kuznetsova. Check out the previous chapter here. The review of this book is certainly taking longer...
2010-11-22
4 reads
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 08
We are slowly getting to the end of this book by Alex Kuznetsov (Blog). You can find more on this...
2010-11-11
548 reads
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 08
We are slowly getting to the end of this book by Alex Kuznetsov (Blog). You can find more on this series by looking here. We are now discussing chapter 8...
2010-11-11
4 reads
Blogger Awards
A few days ago I wrote about an election that was taking place (ok so it was a week ago...
2010-11-10
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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...
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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