SQLRally Session Voting Schedule Change
Jack Corbett posted the official announcement to his blog - I'm posting here as well to make sure we reach as...
2011-01-04
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Blog Posts
SSMS addin (and wrapper)
So I mentioned I'd been working on an SSMS addin. What I didn't mention was that I've also been working...
2011-01-04
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2011-01-04
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The Best Database Administrators Automate Everything
Do you understand the value of your time? I mean really understand it. Time is your absolute number one most valuable asset. Once...
2011-01-04
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Which Process ID is SQL Server running on?
There was an interesting question posted on a forum recently, asking how can you tell which sqlservr.exe process (shown in...
2011-01-04
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – Binary Values
Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
In the...
2011-01-04
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24 Hours of PASS Wants You…
Calling for Presenters!There’s still a couple months until the next 24 Hours of PASS. Even though it’s a bit of...
2011-01-03
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Back to Work
It's actually nice to be back to work. It's been a great holiday season for me, lots of family time...
2011-01-03
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Beginning Powershell Companion PDF
Howdy all…as is so often the case, I’m studying something – Powershell – and I’m in need of a reference to help...
2011-01-03
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Happy New Year 2011
Wish you all a very happy an prosperous New Year 2011. When I see back year 2010 : >> was started my...
2011-01-03
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Blogs
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...
Forums
Safe and Reliable Transport of Farm Machinery: Solutions of the Modern Agricultu
Ship A1 Auto Transport is a reliable provider of services who delivers safe and...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
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