What Does The GO Command Do?
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When I started working with T-SQL, I thought the GO command was optional, kind of like semicolons. It appeared in plenty of SSMS generated...
2018-05-29
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Blog Posts
Converting JSON to SQL Server CREATE TABLE Statements
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Tedious, repetitive tasks are the bane of any lazy programmer. I know, because I am...
2018-05-28 (first published: 2018-05-22)
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Monday morning comic 2018-05-28
It always seems that when I give a talk on performance there are 100+ people packed in the room but...
2018-05-28
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SQL Server Stress Testing Using OStress – RML Utilities
As a DBA, implementing a new database consists of a variety of aspects like correct table structure, tuning the stored...
2018-05-28 (first published: 2018-05-21)
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Add a custom report to SSMS
Maybe some of you don't know this, but to view Report Definition Language reports (RDL) , you aren't forced to use...
2018-05-25
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Day 25 Optimization
Locking is depends upon Isolation level and Storage Engine. MySQL uses table level locking (instead of page, row, or column...
2018-05-25
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dbachecks – Improved Descriptions
With the latest release of dbachecks we have added a new check for testing that foreign keys and constraints are...
2018-05-25 (first published: 2018-05-19)
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Fix For Using Azure Active Directory and DacFX
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One of the things I feel strongly about is that a build/release pipeline needs to be as complete as possible - that is all configuration...
2018-05-25
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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 1
Unless you have been living under a rock lately, you have not heard about GDPR. This has been hot topic...
2018-05-25
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Techorama 2018 Session Materials
Techorama 2018 is over, sadly enough. It was a great conference: lots of awesome speakers and sessions and very nicely...
2018-05-25
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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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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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