Metadata Hygiene
Those who follow my blog know that I write a lot about data quality. Measuring and improving the quality of...
2017-03-09
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Tim Mitchell
Loading to Azure from On-Prem SSIS
In my introduction to the topic of using SSIS in the cloud, I noted that SSIS is not currently available...
2017-03-02
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The Psychology of Value
J.C. Penney is one of the oldest and most storied retailers still in existence in the United States. For years,...
2017-03-02
379 reads
Is Your Database App Ready for the Cloud?
The cloud has evolved. Just a few years ago, cloud-based applications were the exception rather than the rule, and on-premises...
2017-03-03 (first published: 2017-02-24)
2,206 reads
Digital Privacy is the Wild West
Who has the legal right to access your personal and private digital assets? The answer can be complex, and will...
2017-02-27 (first published: 2017-02-23)
1,498 reads
Managing Bad Data
In the last post in my ongoing series about ETL best practices, I discussed the importance of error handling in ETL...
2017-02-21 (first published: 2017-02-16)
2,206 reads
Retrieve a List of Files from FTP using SSIS
The FTP protocol is one of the oldest methods for sharing and moving files. Although frequently considered to be an “old-school”...
2017-01-27 (first published: 2017-01-20)
1,507 reads
Upcoming Class: Building Better SSIS Packages in Pensacola
I’ll be teaching my popular day-long course, Building Better SSIS Packages, on Thursday, June 1 in Pensacola, Florida. This class...
2017-01-17
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Why Data Warehouse Projects Fail
Data warehouse projects are among the most visible and expensive initiatives an organization can undertake. Sadly, they are also among...
2017-01-10
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What is ETL?
In my ongoing series on ETL Best Practices, I am illustrating a collection of extract-transform-load design patterns that have proven...
2017-01-16 (first published: 2017-01-06)
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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25 Years Later: What SQLServerCentral Meant to Me
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Doing Good at SQL Server Central
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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