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For this Friday's poll, Steve Jones talks about free training events and what their value is to you.
70-433 Or Bust: Working toward MCTS Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database Development
The 70-433 will be my first Microsoft certification test. There are two main reasons why I've decided to take on this quest. The first reason is to "fill in the cracks." Even on fundamental topics I've found myself saying "oh
Attribute Discretization: Customize Grouping Names
Join BI Architect Bill Pearson as he continues to explore attribute discretization, as a part of an extended examination of the dimensional model lying at the heart of the integrated Microsoft Business Intelligence solution.
Learn A Bit More
For this Friday's poll, Steve Jones talks about free training events and what their value is to you.
Learn A Bit More
For this Friday's poll, Steve Jones talks about free training events and what their value is to you.
Learn A Bit More
For this Friday's poll, Steve Jones talks about free training events and what their value is to you.
Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server 2008
This white paper provides step-by-step guidelines for diagnosing and troubleshooting common performance problems by using publicly available tools.
More Can Come From Less
Becoming a more productive employee should be a goal for most people. It can also greatly increase the enjoyment you get from your career. Steve Jones gives you some ideas that might help you.
Stop and Start Services - SQL School Video
SQL School covers a basic topic this week. MVP Andy Warren shows the various ways to stop and start your services.
Creating and managing Analysis Services partitions
S partitions from the ground up, with advice on binding, merging, and selecting partition data.
Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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25 Years Later: What SQLServerCentral Meant to Me
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Doing Good at SQL Server Central
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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