Busy Busy Weeks, Finally Some Good News! SQL 2008 / 2008 R2 Will Get Their Final Service Pack!
We will actually be getting our final Service Pack!
The information can be found here. You may still want extended support...
2014-06-03
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DBA On The Go
Tulsa User Group
I love user groups.
I have a special place in my heart for people who go out and give their time...
2014-05-20
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SQL Saturday Houston
I spoke for my first time at a SQL Saturday in Houston this past week. I had a lot of...
2014-05-12
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Searching SSIS Packages or searching XML In General
Today I'm posting a small script with a simple purpose. I wanted to search all of my SSIS packages in...
2014-05-07
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Resume Generating Event (RGE)
No, I haven't lost my job. This is just one of those topics that's good to get out there. There...
2014-04-28
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5 Years Running! OKCSQL!
I want to congratulate OKCSQL on a 5 year run.
I personally wasn't here for that whole duration, but we have leaders and...
2014-04-14
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I'm Speaking at SQL Saturday Houston, May 10th.
I will be speaking at my first SQL Saturday. I'll be in Houston May 10th. I'm rather surprised to be...
2014-04-07
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SQL 2014 Release Date, April 1st
I'm not a fan of anything releasing on April Fool’s Day, but that's not for me to decide. I personally...
2014-03-31
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SQL Server Enterprise is Cheaper than Standard
Free Month of Plural Site
I'm interested in seeing your responses. Any relevant response will be accepted and a free month...
2014-03-24
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My Favorite Free Scripts
SQL Server Maintenance Solution
I'll start off with Ola Hallengren's scripts. I'm not a fan of reinventing the wheel. If someone...
2014-03-19 (first published: 2014-03-17)
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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...
Forums
AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
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