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Find Nth Occurrence of Character Function (Set Based)

By Robert Cary, 2006/09/28

Total article views: 64 | Views in the last 30 days: 5

This function was originally contributed by other visitors. Below is an example of a set based approach to the problem.

This script requires a numbers table (see SqlServerCentral article http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/mcoles/2547.asp for more details)

Please note that this code is uses SQL2005 features

Enjoy!

Robert Cary

http://tsqlland.blogspot.com

By Robert Cary, 2006/09/28

Total article views: 64 | Views in the last 30 days: 5
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