Professional Goals for 2009
Every time management / professional development book out there tells one to not only develop goals but actually write them down. That's...
2009-02-06
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Blog Posts
Speaking / Teaching Engagements
I should have put this out earlier, before going to the SQL Server Innovators Guild, but I got too busy....
2009-02-06
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PASS Update #4
Last week I posted Update #3 that discussed my first board meeting, but I didn't have time to cover my...
2009-02-05
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SQL Server security bulletin due on Tuesday
As part of its advance notification, Microsoft has released the list of security bulletins that should be coming our way...
2009-02-05
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SQLSaturday #13 in Atlanta on April 25, 2009
I've been busy with other projects and haven't had time to focus as much as I'd like on my SQLSaturday...
2009-02-05
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Ways To Build Your Brand
This is in the presentation I've given a few times, but I thought it made some sense to put these...
2009-02-05
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Business Budgets at the Department Level
If you're thinking about taking a job as a manager there are two questions that will help you quickly understand...
2009-02-04
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Call for Speakers for European PASS Ends February 7th, 2009
There are only a few more days before the call for speaker for European PASS ends, on Saturday, February 7th,...
2009-02-04
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Kindle Review - Font Sizes
One of the neat things about the Kindle is that you can change font sizes. It's mentioned in many reviews,...
2009-02-04
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Reminder: South Florida Code Camp is February 7, 2009
The fifth annual South Florida Code Camp is coming up this Saturday, Feb 7, 2009, at Devry University, 2300 SW...
2009-02-04
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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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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
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is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
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