February MVP – Melody Zacharias
The February MVP nomination goes to Melody Zacharias (B|T).
Melody hails from our neighboring country to the north, beautiful Canada. While we...
2016-03-17
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January MVP – Mike Fal
In case you missed it, back in November I blogged about the importance of nominating individuals within the SQL Server...
2016-03-10
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Resolved: A Duty to Act
If you are a member of PASS, you probably got an email from our President, Thomas LaRock. I interpreted his...
2015-11-25
608 reads
MVP of The Month
If you follow Grant Fritchey (B|T) at all, you know that every month he picks a “Speaker of the Month”....
2015-11-19
450 reads
Idera ACE 2016
If you have been around the SQL Community long enough, you probably have heard of a software company called Idera....
2015-10-28
687 reads
I’m Speaking! SQL Saturday #444 – Kansas City
This weekend I’ll be traveling to Kansas City, Missouri for their annual SQL Saturday. Normally, I would just drive to this...
2015-10-01
464 reads
I’m Speaking! SQL Saturday #431 – Spartanburg
As I’ve mentioned before, living in Louisville offers up great opportunities to various events within the SQL Community. This weekend...
2015-09-23
529 reads
Quick Script: Index Sizes
In the world of performance monitoring, there a number of ways to identify problems. Each method is different and usually, neither...
2015-08-13
715 reads
I’m Speaking! SQL Saturday #397 – Omaha
I recently blogged about the opportunity to speak at that the Omaha SQL Server User group. In a nutshell, being a co-founder...
2015-08-11
529 reads
SQL Saturday Speaker Marketing – With Powershell
If you follow the Twitter account for SQL PASS, you probably noticed that they are actively promoting individual Summit 2015 speakers....
2015-08-11 (first published: 2015-08-06)
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The String Distance I
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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