A Guitar is Just a Piece of Wood
In my real-life I play guitar. Being an analytical sort-of-fella I found myself inhaling all the books, videos, advice, etc....
2010-06-08
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Blog Posts
BI at the Royal Canadian Mint - TechEd
The Royal Canadian Mint, in Ottawa, is located at a large castle. How cool is that? Would you want to...
2010-06-08
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Building an Energy Efficient Workstation
Over this past weekend, I decided to build a new general purpose workstation from parts, with a goal of getting...
2010-06-08
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 18
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-08
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Data Compression
We have come to that time of month again – blog party. This time, the party is hosted by Jorge Segarra...
2010-06-08
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Impressions of My First Day at TechEd 2010
TechEd 2010 started today, June 7, and will run through Thursday, June 10, 2010. In the past TechEd has run...
2010-06-08
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More Details About Engine Improvements in SQL Server 2008 R2 (SQLTuesday)
This post is for SQLTuesday #007, hosted by Jorge Segarra (blog | twitter). The topic is to talk about your favorite...
2010-06-08
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Overcoming Your Limits
As I age in years, I realize more and more how blessed I was to attend The Citadel, the Military...
2010-06-08
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PASS Summit 2010 Abstract Submissions
I submitted three abstracts for the 2010 PASS Summit this year - two "normal" (75 minute) and one spotlight (90 minute)...
2010-06-08
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SQL Saturday #22 Pensacola Recap
Saturday I drove up to Pensacola for SQL Saturday #22. Me and several others from Baton Rouge, including my two...
2010-06-08
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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...
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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