Running MySQL on a VSTS build agent
I had a requirement to run MySQL on a VSTS hosted build agent and then to be able to run commands from outside of the container and this gave...
2018-05-08
5 reads
Ed Elliott
Running MySQL on a VSTS build agent
I had a requirement to run MySQL on a VSTS hosted build agent and then to be able to run...
2018-05-08
218 reads
Database testing and ETL processes
Unit testing using tSQLt is really great, you call FakeTable on any tables your code touches and then insert the columns and rows your test actually need, nothing more,...
2018-05-01
3 reads
Making Deployments Simpler with Re-runnable Scripts
Make sure your SQL Server database release scripts to make life easier.
2018-04-20 (first published: 2015-11-17)
10,039 reads
Why didn't my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with...
2018-04-09 (first published: 2018-04-04)
1,653 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments": "Managed Disk.", "type": "Microsoft.Compute/disks", "name": "[variables('diskName')]", "apiVersion": "2016-04-30-preview", "location":...
2018-04-05
2 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{
"comments":...
2018-04-05
314 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments":...
2018-04-05
188 reads
Interesting Azure ARM "Make it So" behaviour
I had a template that deployed a premium managed disk and a virtual machine. I defined the disk like:
{ "comments":...
2018-04-05
127 reads
Why didnt my Azure ARM deploy work?
I have been using Octopus to deploy ARM templates for a while now and the default task that comes with Octopus to deploy doesn't have any debugging information enabled...
2018-04-04
6 reads
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Question of the Day
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