Why I've Been Writing So Many Non-Technical Posts Lately
The short answer is that's where my heart has been. I write because I feel compelled to write. I don't...
2009-12-15
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Blog Posts
Alabama Code Camp 8 on Jan 23, 2010
My friend Ryan Duclos just sent me a reminder about the upcoming Alabama Code Camp on January 23, 2010, in...
2009-12-14
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Mentoring process - How to be a good protégé
I'm reading As Iron Sharpens Iron, which is a classic book on Christian mentoring. Written by Dr. Howard Hendricks and...
2009-12-14
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PASS Update #21
In Update #20 I mentioned that I was hoping to get the chapters portfolio for 2010. A few weeks have...
2009-12-14
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Pearl Knowledge Solutions on A CIO’s Voice
The CIO’s Voice, a blog written by Arun Manansingh, has been mentioned in a number of articles I’ve seen as...
2009-12-14
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Repaired
It’s done, though I’m nervous about my laptop repair. The last entry on the machine prior to shipping is “repl...
2009-12-14
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Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v2.0
The Denver Tech Trifecta is set for February 27, 2010 at Metro State College in downtown Denver. If you are...
2009-12-14
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Tally Table - Character Date Validation
Tally (or numbers) tables are one of my favorite query writing tools. Such a simple premise that can be applied...
2009-12-14
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Tips on SQL Server Fixed Roles
Both of my tips are up on MSSQLTips.com on fixed roles. You can find them here:
Understanding SQL Server Fixed Database...
2009-12-14
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What is Your Biggest Weakness?
I was tagged by Ken Simmons (@kensimmons) in the blog chain started by David Stein (@made2mentor). Here’s Ken’s post and...
2009-12-14
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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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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
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