DigitsOnlyEE and AlphaNumericOnly
A nasty fast way to remove non-numeric and non-alphanumeric characters from a string
2019-03-15 (first published: 2016-05-17)
1,255 reads
Michael Colling
PatReplace8K
This inline table valued function takes three parameters: @String, @Pattern and @Replace. It located the @pattern in @string and replaces it with @replace.
2017-03-24 (first published: 2015-05-16)
1,769 reads
New T-SQL Fixed Width "Splitter"
A brand new tally table based, fixed width "splitter" that can be used for much more than just string splitting
2016-06-22 (first published: 2016-05-14)
1,072 reads
PatExclude8K
Removes characters in the a string (@string) that matches a specific pattern (updated 12-3-14)
2016-06-10 (first published: 2014-10-27)
3,228 reads
Translate function for SQL Server
Relational database management systems such as Oracle, Postgres, DB2 and Teradata, as well as other programming languages such as Python, Hive, XSLT and SAS have a Translate function. Now we have one for SQL Server.
2016-06-01 (first published: 2016-05-12)
874 reads
Calculate Age (in years)
An inline table valued function (iTVF) that can be used to calculate age in years.
2016-04-27 (first published: 2016-04-06)
918 reads
GetNumsAB
A brand new, high-performing, "GetNumbers" or "fnTallyTable" function that can be used for defeating RBAR.
2016-04-19 (first published: 2016-03-23)
772 reads
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