The Prius Update
Our second major repair will take place on the Prius, and once again it’s a cosmetic item. In fact, we’ve...
2009-03-31
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Blog Posts
Notes on the 2009 MVP Summit
Note: I was working on this at the Summit and then it got lost in the draft folder, so unfashionably...
2009-03-30
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Submit your PASS abstracts now!
Hey, there are probably some other blogs here letting you know that the PASS call for speakers is open right...
2009-03-30
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Until You Know Better…
Stick with the defaults. In fact, as Andy Warren has told me many times, unless you know better and have...
2009-03-30
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Coming Soon: Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring
Coming Soon: Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring
Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring will be the first book dedicated to the subject...
2009-03-29
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Do You Support the Ancient Ones?
Do You Support the Ancient Ones?
Are you still supporting SQL Server 2000? How about 7.0 or 6.5?
Officially, Microsoft support has...
2009-03-29
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Notes on the 2009 Orlando Code Camp
This was an interesting year to watch the local Code Camp. Shawn Weisfeld organized it the previous two years, but...
2009-03-29
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SQLBits a Smashing Success
SQLBits IV was held in Manchester, England, Saturday March 28th, 2009, and was attended by more than 360 attendees. This...
2009-03-29
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Tweet Your Job Away
A great example of how to “Tweet” poorly. This guy got fired before he started work.
Twitter is a series...
2009-03-27
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Android v Windows Mobile
I’ve had a number of cell phones in my life, probably more than many people. Typically I’ve just grabbed a...
2009-03-26
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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