Continuous Delivery for Windows?
It seems as though Microsoft might be moving to a Continuous Delivery process for Windows 10. Steve Jones isn't sure that's a good thing, but it is interesting.
Deleting Files in the Cloud
The public perception is that, when something is deleted, it no longer exists. Often that's not really the case; the data you serve up to the cloud can be stored out there indefinitely, no matter how hard to try to delete it. Rob Sheldon investigates, and finds the cloud a worryingly public place.
SQL Saturday #337 - Portland, OR
SQL Saturday is coming to Portland on November 1! Join us for a free day of SQL Server training and networking. Speakers at this event include Red Gate's Grant Fritchey, Kathi Kellenberger, Benjamin Nevarez, and more. There are also 3 paid-for pre-con sessions for this event. Register while space is available.
Data Mining Part 18: Excel and Data Mining
In this new article, we will introduce you to Microsoft Excel and Data Mining.
Data Mining Part 18: Excel and Data Mining
In this new article, we will introduce you to Microsoft Excel and Data Mining.
Backup and Restore Strategies in SQL Server – Part 1
You need to set up backup and restore strategies to recover data or minimize the risk of data loss in case a failure happens. In this article series, Arshad Ali discusses backup and restore strategies in SQL Server.
Solving Kerberos Issues in SSRS When Running Beside IIS
When SSRS is running on a server with IIS, pass through Windows Authentication can be difficult to set up.
Improving the Quality of SQL Server Database Connections in the Cloud
To access SQL Server from the client, you use TDS protocol over TCP. This is fine over reliable LANs but over the internet these connections are relatively slow and fragile. TDS is still used to connect to databases in the cloud, but you need to use a combination of the new features such as connection pools and idle connection resiliency to make applications faster and more reliable. Edward Elliott shows you how.
Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
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...
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