Reblog: May 3 to May 9
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-05-10
568 reads
StrateSQL
Presentation Materials “Discovering the Plan Cache” #SQLSat175
I’m a little late getting the information from my Fargo SQL Saturday session posted, titled ”Discovering the Plan Cache“. But it’s...
2013-05-07
519 reads
Webcast Presentation Materials: Introduction to SQL Server Security
Last Thursday, I delivered a presentation for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s. The session for last week was Introduction to...
2013-05-07
653 reads
May 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the start of the month of May, or at least the first Monday in May. Hopefully you aren’t nursing...
2013-05-06
691 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #31
For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...
2013-05-06
430 reads
May the Fourth Be With You – Kindle Bonus!
It seems that with the Disney purchase of Star Wars this past year that May the Fourth is coming on...
2013-05-04
437 reads
Reblog: April 26 to May 2
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-05-03
1,076 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #30
For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...
2013-04-29
1,330 reads
Reblog: April 19 to April 25
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-04-26
1,035 reads
5 SQL Server White Papers Every DBA Should Read
There are countless sources for information on SQL Server available today. There are books, webcasts, conferences, and blogs. With all...
2013-04-25
845 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...
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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