Notes from the R2 Tweetup
Several weeks ago I was invited to attend a ‘tweetup’ by Microsoft on April 8th, an almost all expenses paid...
2010-04-12
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Blog Posts
PASS BI Virtual Chapter – Thursday’s Session Postponed
The PASS BI Virtual Chapter’s scheduled session for this Thursday, April 15th, will have to be postponed until a later...
2010-04-12
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Reporting Services 2008 R2 Data Bars
Last week I wrote a blog explaining how the new tool inside Reporting Services 2008 R2 called Indicator will be...
2010-04-12
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SCSUG April Meeting Follow-up
The April meeting went well. I had hoped that the prospect of a couple of Technet subscriptions would increase attendance...
2010-04-12
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Seacoast SQL Users Group
Tomorrow is the Seacost SQL Server User’s Group inaugural meeting. I’ll be presenting a session called “Understanding Execution Plans.” It’s...
2010-04-12
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SQLSaturday PowerPoint Template – Looking for Suggestions
Sanj Gandham from PASS HQ set up a basic template for SQLSaturday presentations, you can download it from here. Our...
2010-04-12
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Visual Studio 2010 Download Interruptus
Microsoft has made the RTM bits for the various versions and components of Visual Studio 2010 available on MSDN Subscribers...
2010-04-12
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What to do about certification
After my editorial “The Missing Certification” I was amazed at the debate that took place. As of the time I’m...
2010-04-12
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2010-04-11
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Northwest Arkansas TechFest Set for July 18
David Walker, the organizer of the popular Tulsa TechFest, is organizing the first annual NWA TechFest, to be held Thursday,...
2010-04-11
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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