T-SQL Tuesday #21 – Bringing Ugly Back
T-SQL Tuesday #21 – Bringing Ugly Back
T-SQL Tuesday #21 - I'm Bringing Ugly Back
This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #21,...
2011-08-10
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #21 - Yes, Today is Wednesday!
T-SQL Tuesday #21 - A Day Late and Totally Full of It
Holy Crap! What in the world are we talking about...
2011-08-10
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T-SQL Tuesday (er, Wednesday): Crap Code
Ok, I have two admissions that I must bare to the world in this post. The first is that I’ve...
2011-08-10
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T-SQL Tuesday (er, Wednesday): Crap Code
Ok, I have two admissions that I must bare to the world in this post. The first is that I’ve...
2011-08-10
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TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and...
2011-08-10
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TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and bringing us oodles of failure. Adam Machanic is hosting...
2011-08-10
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T-SQL Tuesday/Wednesday #21: A Crappy Workaround
A long time ago (in IT terms) in a galaxy far, far away I was helping an organization with a...
2011-08-10
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Two Types of Tail Log Backups
In a recent thread I noted that a tail log backup is essentially a regular log backup, but made with...
2011-08-10
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What It Means To Me To Be A Volunteer
Hi my name is Wes, and I am a volunteer
I am not unique. There are others like me, who give...
2011-08-10
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All about Execution Plans
Coming to the PASS Summit in October this year? Excellent!
I say excellent, because Grant (blog|twitter) and I are presenting a...
2011-08-09
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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