Rules of Holes #5: Seek Help to Get Out of the Hole
You are moving along, doing good work, maintaining a steady pace. All seems to be going well for you. Then BAM!, a Hole just grabbed you. How the heck...
2012-11-19
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Arnie Rowland
Rules of Holes #4: Do You Have the BIG Picture?
Some folks decry the concept of being in a 'Hole'. For them, there is no such thing as 'Technical Debt',...
2012-11-16
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Rules of Holes #4: Do You Have the BIG Picture?
Some folks decry the concept of being in a 'Hole'. For them, there is no such thing as 'Technical Debt', no such thing as maintaining weak and wobbly legacy...
2012-11-16
3 reads
Rules of Holes #4: Do You Have the BIG Picture?
Some folks decry the concept of being in a 'Hole'. For them, there is no such thing as 'Technical Debt', no such thing as maintaining weak and wobbly legacy...
2012-11-16
8 reads
Rules of Holes #3: A Better Shovel is NOT the Answer!
You stopped digging. You looked around and saw that you were still in the Hole. You needed to get out. AHA! Problem solved, you thought. You'll just get a...
2012-11-15
5 reads
Rules of Holes #3: A Better Shovel is NOT the Answer!
You stopped digging. You looked around and saw that you were still in the Hole. You needed to get out. AHA! Problem solved, you thought. You'll just get a...
2012-11-15
4 reads
Rules of Holes #2: You Are Still in a Hole
OK. So you followed the First Rule of Holes -you stopped digging yourself in deeper. But now what? You are still in a Hole. Your situation has not changed...
2012-11-14
11 reads
Rules of Holes #2: You Are Still in a Hole
OK. So you followed the First Rule of Holes -you stopped digging yourself in deeper. But now what? You are still in a Hole. Your situation has not changed...
2012-11-14
7 reads
Rules of Holes #3: A Better Shovel is NOT the Answer!
You stopped digging. You looked around and saw that you were still in the Hole. You needed to get out....
2012-11-14
666 reads
Rules of Holes #2: You Are Still in a Hole
OK. So you followed the First Rule of Holes -you stopped digging yourself in deeper. But now what? You are...
2012-11-13
614 reads
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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? See possible answers