Redoing Work
I hate redoing work. I really try to make sure that I pay attention to what I'm doing, slow down...
2008-11-12
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday #6 - Canceled
Just heard back from Allen White, due to his schedule and minimal success creating a true team effort plans for...
2008-11-12
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SQL Quiz - Mistakes You've Made?
I'd seen Jason Massie's post on Facebook of this SQL Quiz, but when I found Brian Kelley's post, I decided...
2008-11-11
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Two Mistakes
I don't typically do Internet chain mail, but Brian Kelley mentioned me in his post on his two mistakes and...
2008-11-11
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If You are Attending PASS, Please Say Hello
I will be attending the PASS Community Summit in Seattle, November 18-21, and will be making two presentations:
DBA 101: Best...
2008-11-10
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Member of PASS? Don’t Forget to Vote for PASS’s Board of Directors
As most of you know, PASS (the Professional Association for SQL Server) is an independent, not-for-profit association, dedicated to supporting,...
2008-11-10
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PASS Board of Directors Part 4
I'm going to share what I can from the interview, but I'm going to have to be a little less...
2008-11-10
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The Security of You - Why Did I Write This?
When I first got my new laptop, I thought it was very cool. It included a fingerprint reader below the...
2008-11-10
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What’s So Great About User Groups
User groups provide so many benefits for those looking to get ahead in their career. User Groups share a common...
2008-11-10
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Beyond Managing To Middle Management
It's funny that many employees see moving into management as a way to stop actually doing work. In practice - if...
2008-11-09
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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...
Forums
AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
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