Removing double spaces in a string
Removes double spaces in a string, leaving all words seperated by a single space. Run in Query Analyzer.
2004-07-21 (first published: 2004-07-05)
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Counting ocurrences in a string
Counting the number of ocurrences of characters in a string can be useful, and this script will do the job. It can easily be modified to be a function or to search for ocurrences of strings. Run it in Query Analyzer.
2004-07-20 (first published: 2004-07-05)
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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