SQL Server Startup
From time to time I see a question asking how to determine the last time a SQL Server was either...
2011-03-23
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Jason Brimhall
SQL Server Startup
From time to time I see a question asking how to determine the last time a SQL Server was either restarted or when the last time was that the...
2011-03-23
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SQL Resource
By now, I am sure that you are well aware of the Resource Database. Starting with SQL Server 2005, a...
2011-03-22
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SQL Resource
By now, I am sure that you are well aware of the Resource Database. Starting with SQL Server 2005, a new system database was made available – the Resource...
2011-03-22
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Dedupe Data CTE
As a DBA working with SQL Server, some data issues arise that need to be fixed. One such data issue...
2011-03-21
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Dedupe Data CTE
As a DBA working with SQL Server, some data issues arise that need to be fixed. One such data issue is the duplication of data. Duplicate data can happen...
2011-03-21
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Database Tools Follow-up
After posting a database tools list yesterday, I found that there were things that I had forgotten and a couple...
2011-03-18
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Database Tools Follow-up
After posting a database tools list yesterday, I found that there were things that I had forgotten and a couple of things that i hadn’t even considered. In thinking...
2011-03-18
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Database Tools
Recently I have posted a couple of articles about various database or SQL tools either for maintenance or for benchmarking....
2011-03-17
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Database Tools
Recently I have posted a couple of articles about various database or SQL tools either for maintenance or for benchmarking. Those posts work well in conjunction with a post...
2011-03-17
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Blogs
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
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dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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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