SSIS - Creating a Deployment Manifest
Using a Deployment Manifest in SSIS allows you to deploy a set of packages to a target location using a...
2009-06-30
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Blog Posts
Tracking My Goals – Half the Year
I made a series of resolutions in January related to SQLServerCentral. These are things that I wanted to accomplish this...
2009-06-30
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Unwired for Days
Today is the first day that I've really had any significant time on the computer over vacation. That probably sounds...
2009-06-30
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Best Thing I Learned at PASS
At the 2003 PASS Summit in Seattle the organization had a "SIG Challenge" that involved developing a database solution to...
2009-06-29
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Featured Blog: Jeremiah Peschka
I met Jeremiah at the PASS Summit last year and since then I’ve looked in on his blog from time...
2009-06-29
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SQL Saturday #17 - Abstract Submitted
I was asked to attend SQLSaturday #17 in Baton Rouge, LA. Despite my lack of desire to travel, I've never...
2009-06-29
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LinkedIn Groups
I’ve written a few posts now about LinkedIn, and for now still find it be the best fit for me...
2009-06-28
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SQLPSX Release 1.6
I completed Release 1.6 of SQLPSX which adds support for SQL Authentication and addresses several issues. SQLPSX consists of 106 functions,...
2009-06-28
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Incorporating Kids Into Work
I recently attended SQL Saturday #14 in Pensacola and took my daughter along. This was the third presentation she's come...
2009-06-26
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Presentation materials: Intro to Analysis Services (SSAS)
I did a presentation last week for the Denver SQL Server User Group (www.DenverSQL.org) and the Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group...
2009-06-26
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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