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Top 10 Recommended Books…

So the title says it all, right?  Well, only really partially. Recently an article was published listing the top 10 most recommended books for SQL Server.  That’s the part...

2014-07-29

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Murder In Denver

I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop.  This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on...

2014-07-14

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The SQL Sac wrap!!

Every SQL Saturday leaves a mark of some sort.  This time around, the folks in Sacramento have really helped leave a BIG mark. That’s right, this last weekend was...

2014-07-14

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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?

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