My first Microsoft MVP Award!
Exactly 10 years ago I started my career as a Software developer in a Bank, which for me meant directing my career in the fields of data analysis, processing...
2017-01-10
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My first Microsoft MVP Award!
Exactly 10 years ago I started my career as a Software developer in a Bank, which for me meant directing my career in the fields of data analysis, processing...
2017-01-10
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Ooops! Was that me? (Blog Challenge)
We have all made mistakes in our careers, I thought I’d share one of mine as a quick tip to...
2017-01-10
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 31 – Horizontal Funnel)
In this module you will learn how to use the Horizontal Funnel Power BI Custom Visual. The Horizontal Funnel functions...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2016-12-29)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 33 – Sankey Bar Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Sankey Bar Chart Power BI Custom Visual. The Sankey Bar...
2017-01-10
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Query Optimizer and Data Definition Language Queries
Data Definition Language queries don’t go through the optimizer, right? While normally, my short answer to this question in the past would...
2017-01-10
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Running SQL Queries with Visual Studio Code
Reading this blog post by Shawn Melton Introduction of Visual Studio Code for DBAs reminded me that whilst I use...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2017-01-05)
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SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests
T-SQL Tuesday #86: SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests hosted by Brent Ozar. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/01/announcing-t-sql-tuesday-87-sql-server-bugs-enhancement-requests/ I did not want to miss out...
2017-01-10
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The Most Lacking Feature In SSRS (7 years and no fix?)
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday prompt. T-SQL Tuesday was created by Adam Machanic and is a way for SQL users to share ideas about...
2017-01-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #86 – Adding when DBCC CHECKDB last ran to the SYS.DATABASES catalog view
Brent Ozar is hosting TSQL2sDay #86 this month and in response to Brent Ozar’s Call for Important Connect Items I wanted to highlight this one about adding the date...
2017-01-10
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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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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