2026-02-04 (first published: 2026-02-03)
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String Manipulation
Function - Word count in a sentence
The function (Inline function) is used to determine the word count in a textual/string input.
* Compatible from SQL Server 2012 and up.
2016-11-11 (first published: 2016-11-04)
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2016-04-28 (first published: 2016-04-07)
505 reads
Comparing string splitting / concatenation methods
Whenever a query is executed in SQL Server, its execution plan, as well as some useful execution data are placed into the plan cache for future use. This information is a treasure trove of metrics that can allow some very useful insight into your server’s performance and resource consumption - Ed Pollack shares some useful queries to start utilizing it.
2016-03-16
4,373 reads
Split string using multiple delimiters - version 2
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/split+string/117123/
The above script will split upto 256 char length only. This new version will split upto N length.
2016-09-14 (first published: 2014-10-30)
1,848 reads
Splitting Strings Based on Patterns
Splitting strings based on patterns supported by LIKE and PATINDEX can be an interesting way to address a wide variety of problems.
2014-09-12 (first published: 2012-11-29)
33,405 reads
A CONCAT Function For The Rest Of Us
SQL Server 2012 introduces a new string concatenation function. This can be recreated in earlier versions of SQL Server.
2012-06-06 (first published: 2012-05-16)
2,169 reads
Stored procedure to find and replace text in a text file
find and replace text in a text file using tsql
2012-01-23 (first published: 2011-12-16)
3,111 reads
Key Word Searches
This article from Todd Fifield shows a Way to avoid the dreaded LIKE operator in your queries and dramatically speed up keyword searches.
2012-09-07 (first published: 2011-02-28)
35,559 reads
String tokenizing / splitting
We often have need of string splitting in applications. I had need of one in some T-SQL development I am currently doing for a friend.
2011-02-25 (first published: 2011-02-09)
2,025 reads
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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