2010-07-22
3,539 reads
Wayne Sheffield
- Website: http://www.waynesheffield.com
2010-05-21
3,289 reads
SQL Server Ranking Functions
A new article from Wayne Sheffield that examines the ranking functions in SQL Server. Learn how you can use ROW_NUMBER(), NTILE(), RANK(), and DENSE_RANK() in your applications.
2010-04-20
14,851 reads
Fixing DBCC CHECKDB Msg 8992 Errors
Returning author Wayne Sheffield recently had some database corruption - read about how it was fixed.
2010-03-03
8,826 reads
2010-02-19 (first published: 2008-12-05)
38,775 reads
2009-05-27 (first published: 2009-04-30)
2,610 reads
Using XML to Enhance the Performance of String Manipulations
This article from Wayne Sheffield shows how the use of XML can speed up those string manipulations in your T-SQL code.
2008-08-20
9,877 reads
Using XML to pass Multi-Select parameters from SSRS to SQL Server
How to use XML to pass Multi-Select parameters from Reporting Services to SQL Server.
2008-05-08
9,709 reads
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