Excel BI Tip #20: Wingdings–an Excel Services Supported Indicator Alternative
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2015-02-20 (first published: 2015-02-10)
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DataOnWheels
Excel BI Tip #19: Using the TEXT Function
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2015-02-12 (first published: 2015-02-03)
7,091 reads
Part 3 Adding Tab Controls – Create your own SQL tools with PowerShell and windows forms
Steve:
James recently published part 3 of his PowerShell and Windows Forms series for creating your own SQL Tools. In this...
2015-02-09 (first published: 2015-01-30)
8,485 reads
Excel BI Tip #18: Using CUBE Functions to Break Out of Pivot Tables
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2015-02-04 (first published: 2015-01-27)
7,944 reads
Excel Apps – Not Quite Ready for Primetime
While this is not a regular Excel tip, but it is about Excel. In my Excel BI Tips series, I...
2015-01-22
1,095 reads
Excel BI Tip #17: Using the Timeline Filter
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2015-01-28 (first published: 2015-01-20)
6,849 reads
Part2 Adding a New CheckBox – Create your own SQL tools with PowerShell and Windows forms
Steve:
This is James’ second post on creating SQL tools with PowerShell and Windows forms. James is a DBA responsible for...
2015-01-19 (first published: 2015-01-14)
6,785 reads
Intro to Data Factory–Training on the T’s Follow Up Post
This is a follow up blog post based on the Intro to Data Factory session I gave on the Training...
2015-01-13
974 reads
She Taught Me to Code–A Tribute to Sheila, My Wife
A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. A couple of years ago, I started a series about individuals...
2015-01-12
750 reads
2014 Year In Review
As is our want, we must look back over the past year to see what happened. While I normally focus...
2015-01-11
617 reads
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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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