SQL Bits is coming to Wales, home of dragons and D&D, and we’re happy announce we’re supporting them as platinum sponsors again this year. Meet us at our Red Keep and catch sessions by noble Fighter Grant Fritchey, Sorcerer Steve Jones, and more beloved Redgate Paladins and Druids. For a magical 10% discount on your ticket, use 10REDGATE from our spell book.
2023-03-06
Learn about NULL functions that exist in Snowflake but not in SQL Server like NVL2, ZEROIFNULL, EQUAL_NULL, and IS_NULL_VALUE.
2023-03-06
Python has the ability to create many different types of charts and graphs and in this article, we look at how to create animated line plots with Python.
2023-03-03
This article explains how we can use the ephemeral, containerized databases delivered by Redgate Clone to increase database code quality and therefore the stability, reliability, and performance of the databases we release.
2023-03-03
From castles and dragons to sword fights and spells, this year’s SQL Bits will have it all. Make sure you don’t miss out on our great sessions, from Code Errors to Reliable Releases, to adding some PostgreSQL skills to your repertoire. Get 10% off registering with 10REDGATE
2023-03-01
A term I have only recently learned is "shift left testing." You can read more about this on Wikipedia here. The term was coined in 2001 and generally means testing earlier in the development lifecycle. Hence, shifting your testing left in the timeline. Just how left should you shift your testing, though? In my mind, so early, the rooster hasn't entirely fallen asleep yet.
2023-03-01
Learn how to build and format a Sankey Chart using Power BI along with step-by-step instructions.
2023-02-27
The multi-million-dollar question for you and your business is... what is the real business value of frequent deployments? Part one of three in this series on the value of database DevOps.
2023-02-27
This article illustrates how to use an SSIS external configuration file to enable the properties of package objects to be dynamically updated at run time.
2023-02-24
From castles and dragons to swordfights and spells, this year’s SQL Bits will have it all. Make sure you don’t miss out on our great sessions, from Code Errors to Reliable Releases, to adding some PostgreSQL skills to your repertoire. And come say “hi” to us at the Redgate booth, where we’ll have some news for you. Get 10% off registering with 10REDGATE.
2023-02-24
By Steve Jones
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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