Find the value of a name/value pair in a string
It has always bothered that there is not a NameValuePair function in SQL.
2007-05-23 (first published: 2007-05-16)
181 reads
Miscellaneous
Send SQL Server Data to Exchange
An updated version of xp_sql2exchange is now available, enabling you to publish SQL Server data easily to an exchange server. Read about this very cool extended stored procedure from author Steve Boriotti.
2007-05-14
12,025 reads
XML Restructuring and Reshaping Should Not be Considered the Same
Michael M. David returns to SQLSummit.com to explore two approaches to XML hierarchical structure transformations. He explains the difference between restructuring and reshaping XML data, with the latter driven by the semantics of the data structure.
2007-05-14
1,954 reads
Fired With Enthusiasm
Phil Factor's describes his first encounter with the "light arms" (low calibre, small bore, needed to be fired).
2007-05-11
3,478 reads
Microsoft BI Conference 2007
Steve Jones is in Seattle for the first Microsoft BI Conference and offers some thoughts on the event.
2007-05-10
2,679 reads
Using SQL 2005 with Expression Web
his article will explore various methods of accessing SQL Server from inside Microsoft Expression Web. Microsoft Expression Web is a graphical development tool for creating web pages and is part of the new Expression Studio.
2007-05-10
2,274 reads
Get record count for every table in a database
I wrote this code to make it easier to compare record counts between a live database and a restored copy to test my backups, I thought people might find it useful. You need to run it against your live side when you do the backup that you're going to restore and compare against.Copy the output […]
2007-05-24 (first published: 2007-05-07)
2,746 reads
Improved Split function
This improved Split function allows for multi-byte delimiters, optional null values, and optional null value substitution.
2007-09-10 (first published: 2007-05-01)
448 reads
Return comma seperated values from multiple record
It helps you in situaions whenever you wish to create commm seperated values actually originating from multiple records. Say, your query return three records in folloing patter:Student_Name=============RickyAdamMathewBut, say you wish to have records in following patter:Student_Name============Ricky, Adam, MathewThat is how it works. Try it...I beleive it will help you a lot
2007-09-07 (first published: 2007-05-01)
481 reads
My Projects Have Never Failed
As a SQL Server DBA or developer, how do you measure the success of your projects? What about your users? Here is an interesting look by Janet Wong at a few of her projects and how their success was perceived. See if any of your experiences are similar.
2008-02-28 (first published: 2007-04-30)
8,368 reads
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Question of the Day
Fixing the Error
On SQL Server 2025, I have a database that has this collation: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. I decide I want to run this code:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C*3068 and good night', '*') AS 'A Classic';
I get this error:Msg 9844, Level 16, State 4, Line 24 The char/varchar input type uses an unsupported collation. Only a UTF8 collation is supported with char/varchar input type in UNISTR function.What is the easiest way to fix this error? See possible answers