Vista Woes
So my DVD drive in the new laptop appeared to be dead. It didn't appear in the "Computer" list with...
2007-12-28
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Blog Posts
Comments on "The Exceptional Presenter"
I purchased The Exceptional Presenter recently as part of my professional development spending. I currently work primarily as a trainer...
2007-12-27
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PCMagazine Goes to Monthly Format
I don't have a URL handy for it, but in the latest print issue of PC Mag they announced changing...
2007-12-26
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Assimilated
Maybe I'm succombing, maybe I'm lazy, most likely I don't want to mess with it.
I found some instructions for nLite,...
2007-12-25
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Planning a SQL 2008 Launch Event
As a user group leader I see new products as a chance to make sure our members know about the...
2007-12-25
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XP Struggles
My new laptop came with Vista Home and I messed with it for awhile last night, but I didn't see...
2007-12-24
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Quismo F40
My new laptop showed up today at my desk. Actually it probably showed up yesterday, but since I never went...
2007-12-23
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70-431
I finally sat for 70-431 on Thursday. I know, I am at least a year behind everyone else. There is...
2007-12-22
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Last Minute Learning
Someone posted a question about what should they try to learn for an interview coming soon, but the company was...
2007-12-20
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Upgrading to Office 2007
I've put this off for a while, but I needed a break from the routine and I'm starting to get...
2007-12-20
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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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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...
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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