2008-02-14 (first published: 2007-12-20)
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T-SQL
2007-12-18
2,937 reads
Bring Array Mapping Capabilities to SQL
Simplify your SQL tasks by giving your queries and stored procedures the ability to iterate over arrays of table names or values.
2007-12-11
1,949 reads
TSQL Regular Expression Workbench
This Workbench is about using Regular expressions with SQL Server via TSQL. It doesn't even attempt to teach how regular expressions work or how to pull them together. There are plenty of such resources on the Web. The aim is to demonstrate a few possibilities and try to persuade you to experiment with them if you don't already use Regex with SQL Server.
2007-12-10
4,542 reads
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins
Just because it looks set based, doesn't mean it is. T-SQL Crackerjack Jeff Moden takes a look at a mistake that many query writers make.
2009-01-16 (first published: 2007-12-06)
60,381 reads
2008-01-28 (first published: 2007-12-03)
1,699 reads
2007-11-30
4,479 reads
2007-11-27
3,544 reads
2007-11-26
4,957 reads
TSQL Lab I - Playing around with ROW_NUMBER
Real world solutions are key and having different techniques can sometimes help you code quicker. Longtime author Jacob Sebastian shows us how to solve a few problems with different techniques.
2007-11-14
6,186 reads
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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