Find the position of all occurrences of an expression within a string
This iTVF returns both the relative and the actual positions of ALL occurrences of a string within a string.
2015-05-12 (first published: 2013-03-24)
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Parse XML to table
A stored procedure that will parse (shred) the contents of any well-formed XML document into a SQL table.
2015-04-08 (first published: 2013-07-09)
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Virtual tally table function
An inline table-valued function (iTVF) that will produce a virtual tally table on-the-fly. The function creates a tally table of any size with user-defined lower and upper bounds.
2014-09-08 (first published: 2013-06-28)
2,241 reads
Generate Column Metadata
This utility will generate column and parameter metadata in various useful formats for tables, views, and procedures.
2013-02-12 (first published: 2013-01-18)
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Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
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