T-SQL Tuesday #42: The Long and Winding Road
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, which means it’s time again for #TSQL2sday! It is the 42nd installment of...
2013-05-14
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Koen Verbeeck
Modify a Power View Data Source
I’m currently setting up a demo environment using SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2013 (more on that in later blog...
2013-05-14 (first published: 2013-05-08)
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Error while enabling Windows Feature: Netfx3
Recently I was setting up a virtual machine environment to do some demo’s. One of the virtual machines would be...
2013-04-29
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Force installation of 64-bit ACE OLE DB provider
Anyone working with SSIS and Excel probably had the following issue: you are creating an SSIS package using an Excel...
2013-04-25 (first published: 2013-04-23)
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How I prepared myself for the MCSE certification
Last week I took the final exam to acquire the MCSE – Business Intelligence certification. This blog post describes my preparation...
2013-04-04
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How I used Data Explorer to create a demo
Some time ago Data Explorer, an add-in for Excel 2010 or 2013, was released in Public Preview. In short, it...
2013-03-20
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What’s the deal with Excel & SSIS?
When it comes to importing data from an Excel sheet with SSIS, Excel has quite a reputation. And not a...
2012-11-27
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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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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