Reblog: July 18 to July 24
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-07-25
811 reads
StrateSQL
July 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist
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It’s been a few months since I’ve updated my SQL Server monthly maintenance checklist. Even though it hasn’t been...
2014-07-21
723 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #93
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-07-21
982 reads
Reblog: July 11 to July 17
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-07-18
418 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #92
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-07-14
377 reads
Reblog: July 4 to July 10
Photo credit – Jenn and Tony Bot
Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...
2014-07-11
360 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #91
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-07-07
384 reads
Reblog: June 27 to July 3
Photo credit – JStove
Old posts are like unicorns. You might see them just once, but it’d sure be nice to have...
2014-07-04
889 reads
Microsoft MVP 2014 – SQL Server Award
This past week, I was awarded with the Microsoft MVP 2014 for SQL Server award. This is my sixth award...
2014-07-03
584 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #90
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-06-30
1,608 reads
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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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