PASS Call for Nominations
The call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors is open until Sep 3rd and I want to reiterate...
2009-08-26
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SQLAndy
PASS Connector Editorial for August 26, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-08-25
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Featured Blogger: Alexander Kuznetsov
I’ve been reading his blog for a while and getting consistently good value. I’d categorize it as a SQL blog...
2009-08-25
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Kalen Delaney Joins The SQLSaturday Advisory Council
Last but certainly not least we’ve just announced Kalen Delaney as a member of the Advisory Council. Now that we...
2009-08-25
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PASS Update #13
It’s been a busy few weeks since update #12. We announced guidelines for submitting content to sqlpass.org, an effort that...
2009-08-23
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Costco & Blueberry Muffins
You’ve probably heard of Costco, one of those warehouse type stores that sells stuff in bulk. We buy stuff there...
2009-08-20
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Partitioning Strangeness
Ran across this in a recent class while covering partitioning. Start by creating a standard partitioning function and the scheme,...
2009-08-19
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Looking for SQL Speakers Near Wheeling, WV
I had a great call with John Sterrett last week about the possibility of having a SQLSaturday in Wheeling and...
2009-08-19
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Buck Woody Joins SQLSaturday Advisory Council
Just announced at http://blog.sqlsaturday.com/2009/08/sqlsaturday-advisory-council-newest.html, Buck makes three – one more to go coming up soon!
2009-08-19
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Four Kinds of Free – Some Comments
I’ve had this link about four kinds of free (and this link too) on my list for awhile, today seems...
2009-08-18
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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
Safe and Reliable Transport of Farm Machinery: Solutions of the Modern Agricultu
Ship A1 Auto Transport is a reliable provider of services who delivers safe and...
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