Reminder: South Florida Code Camp is February 7, 2009
The fifth annual South Florida Code Camp is coming up this Saturday, Feb 7, 2009, at Devry University, 2300 SW...
2009-02-04
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Blog Posts
Call for Speakers for DevTeach/SQLTeach Vancouver to End February 10th
If you are interested in speaking at DevTeach/SQLTeach in Vancouver, BC this June 8-12, you have until February 10, 2008...
2009-02-03
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Making Ginger Ale
Probably further off topic than usual, but you may find interesting anyway. I'm a fan of Alton Brown on Good...
2009-02-03
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SQL Server 2008 Books Online (January 2009 Update) Available for Download
Microsoft has just released the SQL Server 2008 Books Online (January 2009) update.
To download the 144 MB file so you...
2009-02-03
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[Off Topic] Get Fit in February Developer Challenge
I’m on Day Two of the Get Fit in February Developer Challenge. This month-long competition boasts around 200 participants who...
2009-02-02
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Software East - Building a Software Business
While in Cambridge, I went to watch a panel talk about building a software business. Neil Davidson, CEO of Red...
2009-02-02
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Getting into the biz, Part 1
I’ve seen a good deal of coverage recently that is geared toward those who have recently begun a career as...
2009-02-01
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Speaking at Community Events - Time to Raise the Bar?
If you're organizing a first time community event like SQLSaturday finding speakers is one of about a hundred tasks, so...
2009-02-01
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Waiting for a SmartPhone
I’ve got a Sidekick 3 right now that works OK for me, lets me check some basic email, get texts,...
2009-01-30
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What are the Necessary Ingredients for Writing a Successful Book for New SQL Server Developers?
A number of book publishers regularly send me books, hoping that I will write a good review for them. Most...
2009-01-30
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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...
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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...
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