New Data Science – What’s Next?
While every organization is different, their “big data” is often very similar. It typically comprises massive amounts of data across...
2014-02-05
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Blog Posts
Powershell – Extract Versions for SQL Features
Over the last few months I’ve been directed to ensure that all of our SQL Servers in the Development and...
2014-02-05
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Presenting at Code Camp Orlando
I’ll be at Code Camp Orlando on March 22, 2014 doing a presentation on storing credit cards in SQL Server...
2014-02-05
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Presenting at SQLSaturday Tampa
The schedule just went up, I’ll be presenting PCI for the SQL DBA this year. Looking forward to visiting Tampa...
2014-02-05
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20 Twitter Accounts to Follow For the 2014 Winter Olympics
Wondering how to stay informed and entertained during the 2014 Winter Olympics? Here are 20 Twitter accounts to get you...
2014-02-04
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Basic RegEx in SSMS
Have you ever had that moment where you have gone "Geez.. I wish I'd learnt this stuff ages ago" after...
2014-02-04 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Forcing a contractor to go W2
I have had a few questions like this: “I was wondering if there is a reason the vendor/broker/head hunter forces...
2014-02-04
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How a High School Teacher Is ‘Gamifying’ World News
A new game called Fantasy Geopolitics (think Fantasy Football meets Model United Nations) is radically changing the way high school...
2014-02-04
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How Big Data Changed Finance at Microsoft
Finance leaders today are faced with an interesting challenge. How can they consume and analyze the millions of rows of...
2014-02-04
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Inside the Statistics Histogram & Density Vector
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan, where you are getting week by week via email...
2014-02-04 (first published: 2014-01-28)
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The String Distance I
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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