My Hack…err…Rube Goldberg Machine
My deadline is fast approaching. It seems these days that editors have no patience. On top of that there is...
2013-09-10
829 reads
SQL RNNR
My Hack…err…Rube Goldberg Machine
My deadline is fast approaching. It seems these days that editors have no patience. On top of that there is this ever-shrinking deadline problem and the constantly shrinking lead-time...
2013-09-10
6 reads
Las Vegas UG September 2013
Are you ready for some SQL?
If you are like me, you are probably almost always ready for some SQL. Well,...
2013-09-10
678 reads
Las Vegas UG September 2013
Are you ready for some SQL? If you are like me, you are probably almost always ready for some SQL. Well, we have just what you are hungry...
2013-09-10
6 reads
SQLSaturday Salt Lake City #246
Fast approaching (yeah just a couple of days out now), is SQLSaturday 246. This year t
he event is sort of...
2013-09-05
720 reads
SQLSaturday Salt Lake City #246
Fast approaching (yeah just a couple of days out now), is SQLSaturday 246. This year t he event is sort of in Salt Lake City, being another 10-15 minutes...
2013-09-05
1 reads
SQLSat 235 Wrap-Up
Wow, more than two weeks past SQL Saturday in Curacao and I find a partially written wrap up post for...
2013-09-03
782 reads
SQLSat 235 Wrap-Up
Wow, more than two weeks past SQL Saturday in Curacao and I find a partially written wrap up post for Curacao in my queue. I had fully intended on...
2013-09-03
4 reads
Rare Species, Extinction and the MCM
As of 11:04 PM MST ( -6 UTC ), the Microsoft Certified Master along with the other certifications in the Advanced certification...
2013-09-02
1,209 reads
Rare Species, Extinction and the MCM
As of 11:04 PM MST ( -6 UTC ), the Microsoft Certified Master along with the other certifications in the Advanced certification series at Microsoft joined the ranks of...
2013-09-02
3 reads
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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