In response to Sam Stange's "An old and new way to query Hierarchical data", this script uses the new CTE feature of SQL Server 2005 to display the hierarchical data all at once. I have added a check to prevent infinite loop in case there is a loop in the data (actually, there is one […]
2007-04-11 (first published: 2007-03-28)
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To build function based index in SQL Server, you can use indexed view (materialized view) or using a computed column. In this script, I give an exmaple of how to use the computed column to implement a function based index on a table to search through a free formated telephone number column. The basic step […]
2007-04-10 (first published: 2007-03-29)
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By Steve Jones
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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers