Andreas Wolter (www.andreas-wolter.com) has worked for over a decade as trainer (MCT), consultant and architect for SQL Server systems. He is one of less than a dozen experts worldwide, who have been certified as Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) on SQL Server 2008 and additionally Microsoft Certified Solutions Master Data Platform (MCSM) on SQL Server 2012.



Being an active member of the PASS he is also a speaker at various international conferences since several years.



With his Germany-based company, Sarpedon Quality Lab (www.SarpedonQualityLab.com), he provides development and optimization of database systems, with a focus on scalable, performing and secure deployments across Europe and worldwide. You can also follow him at Twitter at twitter.com/AndreasWolter.

  • Interests: Business Intelligence & Datawarehousing Performance Tuning Security

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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.
What is wrong?

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