SQL Function to Split Comma Separated Values and Insert into Table
SQL Function to Split Comma Separated Values and Insert into Table
2010-11-30 (first published: 2010-11-07)
4,204 reads
String Manipulation
Change String to Title Case(Initcap)
This is simple script to change string to title case. It will take string in any case and convert it to initcap.
2010-11-12 (first published: 2010-10-19)
1,513 reads
Robyn Page's SQL Server String Manipulation Workbench
String searching and manipulation in SQL Server can be error-prone and tedious...unless you're armed with the techniques described in Robyn's string manipulation workbench, here newly revised with extra material from collaborator Phil Factor
2010-10-19
4,427 reads
Detective Stories - Changing the Case
How to change your "UPPER" or "lower" case strings to a mixed case
2010-10-18
6,081 reads
2010-07-20 (first published: 2010-06-23)
2,574 reads
2010-02-16
3,603 reads
SQL Server UDF to pad a string
Unlike other relational database management systems that shall remain nameless, SQL Server's underlying coding language, T/SQL, does not have a built-in function for padding string values. I recently took it upon myself to create my own and as you'll see I got a little carried away
2009-05-15
2,910 reads
2009-03-19 (first published: 2009-02-17)
1,433 reads
TEXT/NTEXT Find and Replace
Find And Replace any string, in the entire table with this function. Parameterized for easy use.
2009-02-26 (first published: 2009-02-09)
882 reads
Patindex
This artcle by new author Manie Verster examines the use of the PATINDEX function in T-SQL.
2008-09-11
10,330 reads
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Dates and Languages
The string, listopad, translates to a month name in different languages. If I were to run this code, what values are returned?
DECLARE @yourInputDate NVARCHAR(32) = '28 listopad 2018'; SET LANGUAGE Polish; SELECT CONVERT(DATE, @yourInputDate) AS [SL_Polish]; SET LANGUAGE Croatian; SELECT CONVERT(DATE, @yourInputDate) AS [SL_Croatian]; SET LANGUAGE English;See possible answers