PASS Cloud Virtual Group – Call for Speakers
The cloud is calling to you. Or more specifically, Jody Roberts (b | @) and I (b | @) are looking to the community...
2017-04-07
943 reads
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PASS Cloud Virtual Group – Call for Speakers
The cloud is calling to you. Or more specifically, Jody Roberts (b | @) and I (b | @) are looking to the community to find some presenters interested in...
2017-04-07
12 reads
Not Quite Monday Morning SQL Break – February 7, 2017
It’s Tuesday and time to get Monday’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week out the door. It’s late...
2017-02-07
977 reads
Not Quite Monday Morning SQL Break – February 7, 2017
It’s Tuesday and time to get Monday’s weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week out the door. It’s late and I need to find a better way to...
2017-02-07
20 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – January 16, 2017
It’s Monday and time, finally, for a weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. It’s been a while since...
2017-01-16
763 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – January 16, 2017
It’s Monday and time, finally, for a weekly blog and twitter round-up for last week. It’s been a while since I’ve published this summary post, but hey that’s what life...
2017-01-16
8 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – November 7, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on...
2016-11-07
793 reads
Monday Morning SQL Break – November 7, 2016
It’s Monday time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL). This is a good chance to catch...
2016-11-07
15 reads
Yup, @StrateSQL’s Running for the PASS Board of Directors
Why I’m Running
Over the past few years, I’ve been considering running for the PASS Board of Directors and this year appears...
2016-10-05
886 reads
Yup, @StrateSQL’s Running for the PASS Board of Directors
Why I’m Running Over the past few years, I’ve been considering running for the PASS Board of Directors and this year appears to be the right year to do this....
2016-10-05
13 reads
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