my effort...too much time on my hands 😀

DECLARE @Question VARCHAR(100) =

'The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything'

DECLARE @Source VARCHAR(100) =

'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'

DECLARE @Answer VARCHAR(10)

SET NOCOUNT ON

IF object_id('tempdb..#ParallelUniverse') IS NOT NULL

DROP TABLE #ParallelUniverse

SELECT top (len(@Source)) IDENTITY(INT, 1, 1) n

INTO #ParallelUniverse FROM master.sys.all_columns

SET @Answer = (select len(@Question) - (SELECT MAX(n) from

((SELECT n FROM #ParallelUniverse )

EXCEPT

(SELECT (PU1.n * PU2.n) AS cn

FROM #ParallelUniverse AS PU1, #ParallelUniverse AS PU2

WHERE PU1.n BETWEEN 2 AND CEILING (SQRT (1000))

AND PU2.n BETWEEN 2 AND CEILING (SQRT (1000))

AND PU1.n <= PU2.n

AND (PU1.n * PU2.n) <= 1000) )x))

PRINT @Question + ' is.. ' + @Answer

SET NOCOUNT OFF

/*code to find primes courtesy of J Celko in this discussion:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/90a58cc7-dada-476a-8d27-f744c71940e6/how-to-find-whether-is-a-prime-or-non-prime-with-one-select-statement?forum=transactsql

*/