Tricks - Copy T SQL Result to Excel
Sometimes, some of the silliest of tricks save so much of time and effort. Very common scenario is to copy a query result to excel. Most take either of...
2017-11-25
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Tricks - Copy T SQL Result to Excel
Sometimes, some of the silliest of tricks save so much of time and effort. Very common scenario is to copy...
2017-11-25
683 reads
Tricks - Copy T SQL Result to Excel
Sometimes, some of the silliest of tricks save so much of time and effort. Very common scenario is to copy a query result to excel. Most take either of...
2017-11-25
175 reads
Hardware Wrestling
A few weeks back I had some issues. They were related to this:
My standing desk was down and as you...
2017-11-24
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How to check advanced options in SQL Server?
To check the available advanced options configured at instance level in SQL Server, you need to use the sp_configure system...
2017-11-24
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Login failed for 'NTAUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON' - the fix you probably haven't tried yet
Just a quick one today. TL;DR: Remove yourself from some unnecessary AD groups.
If you've ever received the message "login failed...
2017-11-24 (first published: 2017-11-12)
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SSIS Issues : A Day of Learning
Seldom are the days when you run into complex issues but resolve them in the shortest interval of time.
Thanks to...
2017-11-24
476 reads
Time Zones are a Drag … Seriously
Time Zones were definitely being a drag today. I got an email from one of the developers at work asking...
2017-11-24
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Azure SQL Database – Service Tiers
Naturally the cost of Azure SQL Database directly relates to what tier and performance level you are using. Starting from...
2017-11-23
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Dealing with disquiet
Last week I listened to a podcast from one of my best friends in the sql community – Kendra Little. In...
2017-11-23 (first published: 2017-11-11)
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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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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