Code Camp is a community event where developers learn from fellow developers. This year's event will take place on October 11-12 in the Los Altos Hills in California. Speakers include Steve Jones, Nik Molnar, Anthony van der Hoorn, Mike Wood, and more. Register while space is available.
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How many times have you wanted to restore a database to an earlier version? Today Steve Jones asks why can't we do this and includes a way for you to vote on this.
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In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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