Back Home after PASS 2009
I got home Friday evening after spending several days in Seattle at PASS 2009. This was my seventh PASS Summit...
2009-11-08
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Kathi Kellenberger
- Interests: Walking, running, grandchildren!
SQL Server 2008 cluster install and slipstreaming!
I was asked to set up a SQL Server 2008 cluster on Windows 2008 R2 this past week. One interesting...
2009-10-31
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Beginning T-SQL 2008
My book "Beginning T-SQL 2008" came out about two weeks ago. http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-T-SQL-2008-Kathi-Kellenberger/dp/1430224614/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256604424&sr=8-1 It's a beginning book because I assume that the...
2009-10-26
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Thanks, Brian!
This past Tuesday, Brian Knight visited the St. Louis SQL Server User Group to present on SSIS. The day ended...
2009-06-14
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Submit your PASS abstracts now!
Hey, there are probably some other blogs here letting you know that the PASS call for speakers is open right...
2009-03-30
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Tagged again
Once again I was tagged to answer a question. This time by Chris Shaw http://chrisshaw.wordpress.com .
Here is the question: Do...
2009-03-05
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Chain Blog from Tom LaRock
I have been tagged by Tom LaRock to write about “what was your first computer and what were some of...
2009-02-19
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St. Louis Day of .Net
Yesterday I spoke on 2008 T-SQL and Data Types at the St. Louis Day of .Net event. This was an...
2008-12-14
419 reads
Grouping Sets
I have given a talk about new data types and T-SQL features to three local groups. I am presenting it...
2008-11-28
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PASS
I arrived home this morning after another PASS Summit. This is my 6th in a row. Each year I have...
2008-11-22
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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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