Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s Business Intelligence Client
A little over six months ago, I wrote an article on Magenic.com about Excel 2013’s Impact for BI Users. This...
2013-02-04
1,407 reads
DataOnWheels
Are You Signed Up for 24 Hours of PASS–Business Analytics?
If you have not signed up for the 24 Hours of PASS-Business Analytics you should be. This is a great...
2013-01-29
1,367 reads
Cultural Anthropology and Business Intelligence–A Tribute to Dr. Thomas C. Correll
A tribute is an expression of gratitude or praise. Last year I started a series about individuals who have impacted...
2013-01-29
1,623 reads
PASSMN–Passing the Baton: A Board Transition Story
Each year the Minnesota SQL Server User Group elects new board members and resets its leadership team. I have been...
2012-12-12
773 reads
PASS Summit 2012 Wrap Up
Wow, what a week. Once again, PASS put on a great event that provided much in the way of events...
2012-11-13
860 reads
T-SQL Window Functions on LessThanDot and at SQL Saturday 149
Reblogged from Data on Wheels - Steve Hughes: I recently completed a series of blog posts on www.lessthandot.com on T-SQL Window...
2012-11-12
616 reads
Countdown to PASS Summit 2012 – 1 to Go – See You There
IT’S MONDAY! You ready to enjoy the fun and to learn a bunch? I know I am. Besides my schedule...
2012-11-05
672 reads
Countdown to PASS Summit 2012 – 2 to Go – I’m Presenting Again
I assume at this point some of you are already in Seattle and even getting ready to attend Preconference Sessions....
2012-11-04
638 reads
Countdown to PASS Summit 2012 – 3 to Go – Setting My Schedule
Three days to go. I need to get my schedule sorted out, how about you. What influences your schedule? Since...
2012-11-03
554 reads
Countdown to PASS Summit 2012 – 4 to Go – SQL Karaoke, Really?
Four days to the Summit. Will you be singing? Last year was my first time attending SQL Karaoke. While I...
2012-11-02
761 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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is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
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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