Database Administration Literature Criticism
What is literature? I find this definition is pretty intuitive at http://classiclit.about.com/od/literaryterms/g/aa_whatisliter.htm and also this one is more comprehensive at...
2009-04-19
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Blog Posts
LinkedIn as your Stepping Stone for Opportunities with Internationally-Oriented Organisations
As some of you may have read already, Andy Warren‘s series on LinkedIn (part 1, 2,3) and networking has sparked my...
2009-04-19
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Networking Results
I've written quite a few posts lately on networking and a very common question is - where's the results? What do...
2009-04-19
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So, what book do you recommend?
Another excellent blogger here on SSC, Jeffery Yao, has posted up an interesting idea http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/jeffrey_yao/archive/2009/04/20/database-administration-literature-criticism.aspx .
As a PASS chapter leader...
2009-04-19
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I Need a Backup and I Need It Now
I Need a Backup ... And I Need It Now
Have you ever wished that creating a backup on the fly was...
2009-04-18
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Career Development and Training
I know I discussed this in an early post, but it seems to have reared its ugly head again. This...
2009-04-17
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Data Logging
I'm a data guy, so it makes sense for me to think about tracking my data here at home. Recently...
2009-04-17
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First Foundation Class Review
The first Pragmatic Works Foundation class concluded today and I think it was a great success! Each student did very...
2009-04-17
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Getting Started with Technical Presentations
I was talking with a gentleman last night after the Greater Charleston .NET User Group about career development. He's not...
2009-04-17
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Priceless – Prius Repair Update
I went to pay for the Prius this morning; it’s finally done!
Front seatbelts (2) - $412
Rear seatbelts (2) - $260
Front door...
2009-04-17
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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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