Speaking at SQL Saturday #22 - Pensacola, FL
If you are near Pensacola, FL this weekend, I will be speaking at their SQL Saturday on June 5th, 2010. I will...
2010-06-02
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2008 and 2008R2 Diagnostic Information Queries for June 2010
This version has updated build lists for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2. It also has several new queries, and...
2010-06-02
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Submitted Session Abstracts for PASS Summit 2010
I guess I will join the trend, and list the session abstracts that I submitted for PASS Summit 2010. There...
2010-06-02
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Table Variables
I was never a big fan of temp tables, mostly because there were serious contention issues in SQL Server v6.5....
2010-06-02
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TechUpdate Prishtina 2010, announcement
I have non-official info about the Microsoft event, and the only event, TechUpdate Prishtina, in Kosova. The event will be...
2010-06-02
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2010-06-02
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Winner of the May SQL Aloha Contest
This month’s question had 21 responses, although a few were duplicates. The question was:
What is your favorite DBA joke?
If you...
2010-06-02
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Would You Do Your Hobby For a Living?
Another recent editorial I wrote for SQLServerCentral talks about whether you would be happy doing your hobby for living. For...
2010-06-02
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Building Better (Different) Habits
For years, ever since I was first required to be on call, I’ve made it a habit to check my...
2010-06-01
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 13
Hi guys, apologies for the delay with Day 13 – I’ve been sunning myself in the Canaries !
Every day for the...
2010-06-01
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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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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...
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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