Reblog: January 24 to January 30
Photo credit – Husso
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...
2014-01-31
1,390 reads
StrateSQL
Have You Studied SQL Server Enough?
Photo Credit – yum9me
SQL Server is a fairly big and complicated product. There are quite a few areas that you can...
2014-01-29
1,494 reads
February 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist
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It’s a cold, cold day here in Minnesota. A great day for staying in and working on some in-home...
2014-01-27
538 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #68
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-01-27
973 reads
Does @StrateSQL Need a Unicorn Tattoo?
As I mentioned in a post a couple weeks back, I’ll be jumping into Lake Calhoun in a few weeks...
2014-01-26
542 reads
Reblog: January 17 to January 23
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-01-24
736 reads
Webcast Follow-Up: The Flavors of Non-Clustered Indexes
Earlier today, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s titled The Flavors of Non-Clustered Indexes. In the session,...
2014-01-23
754 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #67
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-01-20
633 reads
Reblog: January 10 to January 16
Photo credit – Jenn and Tony Bot
Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...
2014-01-17
773 reads
Webcast Follow-Up: Necessary Evils, Building Optimized CRUD Procedures
Earlier today, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s titled Necessary Evils, Building Optimized CRUD Procedures. In the...
2014-01-16
689 reads
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
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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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