Microservice Reality
Phil Factor argues that very few processes, even in well-established businesses, mimic the dreamy clarity and autonomy of a microservice.
2019-03-11
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Editorials
Who should have Sysadmin rights?
The point of this article is that only service accounts and/or specific network sql admin accounts should have sysadmin rights.
2019-03-11
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Databasee Brainstorming
We sometimes need to think differently about different situations. Steve notes that we might approach the way we solve problems in new ways.
2019-03-08
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2019-03-07
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The Data Incident
Google and Microsoft have plans for dealing with data incidents. Steve thinks you should as well.
2019-03-06
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The Creepiness of AI
It seems that many companies are implementing AI into their systems. Steve notes that this isn't always a good idea.
2019-03-05
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2019-03-04
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2019-03-04
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Schema Security
This week Steve is wondering about the use of schemas for security or other purposes.
2019-03-01
499 reads
The RDBMS is Often the Right Tool
Today Steve gives reasons why he thinks the RDBMS is often better than a NoSQL database of any sort.
2019-02-27
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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...
Forums
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