Ten Essential Traits for DBA Success
There is greatness within you whether you believe it or not. Over the years there are certain skills that have...
2016-08-31 (first published: 2016-08-23)
2,267 reads
The SQL Professor
Are SQL Saturday’s Worth It?
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be a part of Louisville’s (for those local the ‘ville) SQL Saturday event held...
2016-08-18 (first published: 2016-08-12)
1,674 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #080–Round Up
The roundup is finally here, and cheers to all of you who participated. We had a great turnout this month...
2016-07-19
358 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #080
T-SQL Tuesday time is here again! And I’m honored to be hosting this months block party. Why you ask? T-SQL...
2016-07-07
916 reads
Is Today Your Last Day Working With SQL?
Please entertain this thought for a moment – If today was your last day working with SQL how would you spend...
2016-07-08 (first published: 2016-06-29)
3,326 reads
Interview with Warwick Rudd
Part of traveling to various events and being a part of the SQL Community means one can meet some pretty...
2016-05-09 (first published: 2016-04-26)
1,008 reads
The Next Chapter ~ A SQL Journey
The past five years have been nothing short of an amazing ride on this thing we call “The SQL Journey”....
2016-04-14
410 reads
Time Management–Leadership
To many times data professionals flounder in what some call a pool of uncertainty. The countless tasks, tickets, projects, and emails...
2016-03-16
484 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #75 Invitation: Jump into Power BI!
This month the talented Jorge Segarra (B|T) hosts the T-SQL Tuesday block party, and he has chosen the topic of...
2016-02-16
488 reads
Leadership and the Data Professional
Many traits make up data professionals and the many who find themselves in leadership roles. The traits being shared in...
2016-02-17 (first published: 2016-02-10)
1,799 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