SQL Saturday #61 - DC
A day of free training near Washington DC in December. Come and learn how more about SQL Server.
An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 5
The fifth installment of this fantastic series by MVP Andy Leonard looks at database versioning. Be sure to read this one to continue learning more about TDD.
Do You Talk Salary in the Interview?
This is a reprinted editorial from August 2, 2005. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation. Steve discusses the challenge of discussing salary in an interview.
Implicit Permissions Due to SQL Server Database Roles
I have audited for permissions on my databases because users seem to be accessing the tables, but I don't see permissions which give them such rights. I've gone through every Windows group that has access to my SQL Server and into the database, but with no success. How are the users accessing these tables?
Extending SQL's Inherent Hierarchical Processing Operation
This article covers multipath operations that require a different hierarchical logic than SQL naturally produced hierarchical processing. These include nonlinear data ordering, the renormalization of data to remove replicated data, and the processing of network structures.
Implementing Execution Log Reports on 32-bit SQL Server 2008 R2
This article covers how to implement the SQL Server 2008 Execution Log DB and package on SQL Server 2008 R2
Windows Phone 7
Steve Jones has a pre-holiday look at the new Windows Phone 7 platform, with some thoughts on how it was designed.
Deploying Data-Tier Applications of SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008 R2 Data-Tier Applications make database development, deployment and management much easier. When you create and build a Data Tier Application, it creates a single, self-contained unit of deployment called a DAC package. Arshad Ali shows you how to deploy the created DAC package and discusses the different methods of deployment.
Disaster Planning Includes You
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy discusses the need to consider personnel when you are planning for things to go wrong.
Blogs
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
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Advice I Like: In 100 Years
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dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
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Forums
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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