SQLStackEngine - simulate a character stack using a string. This script was developed specifically to support the operator stack in SQLCalcEngine(also on this site). However, the implementation is complete enough to stand on its own.There are several functions in the package that correspond to the common stack functions of Push, Pop, Peek, and so on.In […]
2006-12-12 (first published: 2004-06-22)
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SQLCalcEngine - evaluate numeric expression similar to the VB eval function.The basic concept is to pass a string containing a numeric expression such as ((2+3)*(4/9)) and receive a numeric value back. The algorithm is based loosely on material found at http://www.arstdesign.com/articles/expression_evaluation.html, as well as material found in the book "Writing Compilers and Interpreters" by Ronald […]
2005-03-31 (first published: 2004-06-22)
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I routinely need to retrieve and package query result sets in an XML package. The built in functions supported by SQL Server 2000 are effective, but are often more of a pain than a help. This routine can be used in a simple select statement to XML encode the contents of a column during the […]
2003-10-14
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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