SQL Math: Whole Numbers, Real Numbers
It’s been a long time since grade school math, and for some the details have become kinda fuzzy. I’m no...
2011-03-28
1,876 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
An Analogy is like a Tree….
For years, I’ve been trying to express how everything ties into everything else. A big part of understanding any given...
2011-03-25
490 reads
Maaaaaagic Tables!!!
I had an interview earlier this week. An interview for a SQL developer position. It went fine. But. Question number X...
2011-03-24
2,379 reads
Not Cool Enough for Firefox
I’m pretty consistently behind the curve on most things. It took three years for me to get into The Office...
2011-03-22
878 reads
Filmed: DBAs@Midnight Episode 2.30
Friday night (as per usual) we filmed a new episode of our 2 1/2 year old webshow, DBAs@Midnight in front...
2011-03-19
848 reads
Women in Technology SQL Lunch!
Attend SQL Lunch...the power of my sweater compels you...
This week on Friday, March 17 we’re having a free panel talk,...
2011-03-17
662 reads
24 Hours of PASS Spring 2011 Code Sins
Here is all the things related to the most awesome Code Sins session I gave at 24 Hours of PASS Spring...
2011-03-15
673 reads
SQL University – Teach Your Children Well
“If you had a daughter, would you really encourage her to get into IT?” … “Yes, if she loved it.”
- My...
2011-03-10
971 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #016: Aggregates and Windowing Functions and Ranking! Yum!
Let’s get this out of the way right now: I am SO going to take advantage of this T-SQL Tuesday...
2011-03-08
894 reads
Women in Technology PPT Template
Well hey-howdy-hey (as we don’t say in Texas), it’s Women’s History Month! And by all accounts, it’s going to be a...
2011-03-04
1,013 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Forums
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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