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A New Word: Alazia

alazia– n. the fear that you’re no longer able to change.. I don’t have alazia. I’m always thinking I change, sometimes even when I don’t want to. Certainly my...

2024-04-05

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The String Distance I

In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:

SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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