T-SQL Course
I am here in sunny Orlando at End to End Training. I am very impressed with the new training facility....
2008-03-31
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Blog Posts
Practices Does Make a Difference When Speaking
As I've mentioned a couple times previously I teach a free 'how to be a speaker' course, mainly to encourage...
2008-03-30
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SQL Saturday
I've just received notice that I will be a presenter at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in Jacksonville, Florida. I'll...
2008-03-30
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How Should It Work?
I was following a debate on the new Merge syntax in SQL Server 2008 with interest. It was somewhat of...
2008-03-28
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More Code Per Module = More Bugs, But More Complex Code <> More Bugs?
SDTimes has an article up about Debunking Cyclomatic Complexity that talks about the results of some research that supports what I...
2008-03-28
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
Who's bad?
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it...
2008-03-28
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it is...
2008-03-28
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The Shadow Knows What Procedures Lurk in the SQL Plan Cache
How do you know what procedures are cached in SQL Server? Simple, just ask, and SQL Server will tell you.You...
2008-03-28
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Getting Reporting Services to work on Vista
I recently ordered a new laptop and this one came with Windows Vista Ultimate. I knew about having to install...
2008-03-26
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More Thoughts on LINQ to SQL
At the recent Orlando Code Camp I had the opportunity to spend a good bit of time discussing LINQ to...
2008-03-26
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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