Alexander Chigrik

I would like to offer consultation on MS-SQL by E-Mail

I am from Rostov-on-Don in Russia.I work for a firm Bis Ltd (Banking Information Systems) as a Microsoft SQL Server DBA and developer. I have more than 4 years solid experience
with version 6.5 and more than 2 years experience (since december 1998) with version 7.0.


Current Certifications:

  • Brainbench:Master MS SQL Server 6.5 Administration

  • Master MS SQL Server 6.5 Programming
  • Master MS SQL Server 7 Administration
  • Master MS SQL Server 7 Programming

All exams on Brainbench

I am in the list of 15 top experts on MS SQL under the version of experts-exchange:http://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qList.jsp?ta=mssql

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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.
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