Speaking at SQL Saturday South Florida 2023
I have never been to the South Florida SQL Saturday. There have been a bunch of events, but for some reason I’ve never been to one. I was excited...
2023-05-19
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Blog Posts
Backup Encryption in SQL Server
In this post we look at how you work with the Backup Encryption Feature in SQL Server.
2023-05-18
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Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
Today, we’re diving into the world of cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, breaking them down into three categories: Reflected XSS, Stored XSS, and DOM XSS. Let’s explore these digital threats...
2023-05-17 (first published: 2023-04-10)
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2023-05-17
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Why Put PostgreSQL in Azure
I’ve had people come up to me and say “PostgreSQL is open source and therefore license free. Why on earth would I put PostgreSQL in Azure?” Honestly, I think...
2023-05-17 (first published: 2023-05-08)
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AI Experiments–Who am I and how am I remembered?
I saw someone noting that AIs shouldn’t write obituaries. Since I maintain sqlmemorial.org, I wanted to see what would happen for me. This is part of a series of...
2023-05-16
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Stop Using Balanced Power with SQL Server
The OS default Power Plan for Windows is Balanced Power. This can cause degraded overall performance for SQL Server. Balanced Power is a great concept to help conserve energy...
2023-05-16
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VMUG Ireland – Belfast
The second VMUG Ireland event of the year is taking place on the 15th of June in Belfast! When: Thursday 15th of June @ 2pm until 5pm Where: Ormeau...
2023-05-16
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Create First Azure Data Factory Pipeline
In my previous post, we explored the basics of creating First Azure Data Factory. Today, I want to delve deeper into the process of creating and configuring pipelines within...
2023-05-15 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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Leveling Up for Sales and Marketing
I’m heading to Austin today for Redgate’s internal Level Up conference. This is designed to help employees improve their skills in some way. The original ones focused on technology...
2023-05-15
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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
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