A True SQL OS
SQL Server is so large and complex that it's like an operating system. In fact, there the core engine is often referred to as the "SQL OS" by Microsoft developers. Steve Jones would like to see SQL Server as it's own OS at some point.
A True SQL OS
SQL Server is so large and complex that it's like an operating system. In fact, there the core engine is often referred to as the "SQL OS" by Microsoft developers. Steve Jones would like to see SQL Server as it's own OS at some point.
A True SQL OS
SQL Server is so large and complex that it's like an operating system. In fact, there the core engine is often referred to as the "SQL OS" by Microsoft developers. Steve Jones would like to see SQL Server as it's own OS at some point.
Kimball University: Five Alternatives for Better Employee Dimension Modeling
The employee dimension presents one of the trickier challenges in data warehouse modeling. These five approaches ease the complication of designing and maintaining a 'Reports To' hierarchy for ever-changing reporting relationships and organizational structures.
SQL Server Security Audit (Part 1) - Server Level Audit
The first of this three part series on SQL Server Security Auditing focuses on the SQL Server itself and addressing any of its security vulnerabilities.
Overselling Yourself
Posting online is a way of building your own brand, but you need to be careful of overselling yourself. Steve Jones talks about being careful in the impressions you create from your online presence.
SQL Lunch with the Baton Rouge Area SQL Users Group
It's on Livemeeting and open to everyone. Get some lunch time training in with this group.
Overselling Yourself
Posting online is a way of building your own brand, but you need to be careful of overselling yourself. Steve Jones talks about being careful in the impressions you create from your online presence.
Overselling Yourself
Posting online is a way of building your own brand, but you need to be careful of overselling yourself. Steve Jones talks about being careful in the impressions you create from your online presence.
Overselling Yourself
Posting online is a way of building your own brand, but you need to be careful of overselling yourself. Steve Jones talks about being careful in the impressions you create from your online presence.
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