Actual Emails: TL;DR: Stop using varchar(max)
Wrote this email recently to a crew of developers who were shooting themselves in the foot with a database rich...
2013-09-05 (first published: 2013-09-03)
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SQL Tact
Pointers For SQL Saturday Attendance
I recently got an email from another SQL Saturday organizer asking for "pointers for getting more attendees" to their upcoming...
2013-08-20
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Cannot find NT Service\MSSQL$SQL2012?
If you cannot find the virtual account used by the default settings installation of your SQL 2012 instance (in this...
2013-08-16
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Distribution setup SQL Server Agent error: "RegCreateKeyEx() returned error 5, 'Access is denied.'"
In the Configure Distribution Wizard, the step "Configuring SQL Server Agent to start automatically" errors with the following text:
TITLE: Configure...
2013-08-15
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Baton Rouge Startup Weekend
I'm spreading the word out about an event this weekend called Startup Weekend.
It's an event for developers, designers, and entrepreneurs...
2013-08-13
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Recap from SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2013
As the head of the planning committee for SQL Saturday Baton Rouge this year, I had the distinct pleasure of...
2013-08-04
801 reads
SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2013
SQL Saturday is a global event to bring Information Technology speakers and professionals together for a community-driven, community-attended free day...
2013-06-11
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge Call for Speakers closes June 6!
SQL Saturday Baton Rouge Call for Speakers is open through June 6 (closes June 7 at midnight).
This year's pre-conference banquet...
2013-06-04
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Use the Default System Trace to Find Autogrowth Events
The SQL Server Management Studio built-in standard report for "Disk Usage" is very handy to view the performance-sucking autogrowth events...
2013-05-03
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Hunt Down Tables Without Clustered Indexes
This one's a gimme, but an underrated utility script when I enter a new environment and look for low-hanging fruit...
2013-05-09 (first published: 2013-05-03)
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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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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...
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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