Remove multiple whitespace from a string: revise
This is a re-written function that the idea got from yesterday's script. This function used a recursive call to simplify the script.
2006-11-17 (first published: 2004-09-20)
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Revise t-sql function to parse string data
Kmlakov's script, t-sql function to parse string data, posted on 1/19/2005, required the passing in text ends with the delimiter. But it is usually not the case. I rewrote the script (added one IF statement). The new script can treat the text with or without ending delimiter. The third parameter will be the number of […]
2005-02-07 (first published: 2005-01-19)
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