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Use of regular expressions in TSQL -- version 2

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This script creates 2 new system functions ****************************************** NEW: 1. functions will be case sensitive if database is 2. Replace all or only first occurence ****************************************** fn__regexp_test(@String,@Pattern) returns int execute the method test(@String) on the regular expressions @Pattern returns : 0 : no match 1 : match null : one of the parameters was null […]

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2005-01-26 (first published: )

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Technical Article

Use of regular expressions in TSQL

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This script creates 2 new system functions :fn__testregexp(@String,@Pattern) returns int    execute the method test(@String) on the regular expressions @Pattern    returns :        0 : no match        1 : match        null : one of the parameters was null        anything else : error from sp_OA procedure        fn__replaceregexp(String,@Pattern,@Replace) returns varchar    execute the method Replace(@String,@Replace) […]

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2007-06-14 (first published: )

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Write Text File

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Adapted from Rodrigo Acosta's script which exports to a text file the text of SPs.  Parameters are the table/view name (may include a WHERE clause) , the output file path/name, and an optional list of fields (may include user-defined functions,cast/convert,etc..., the default is '*').

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2004-04-06

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spilt function

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Many a times we need to split a string into its indivisual words and return a array like the Split function of Visal Basic which accepts a delimeter. Here is a script which assumes the delimeter to be the space character and works in a similar method.

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2004-09-24 (first published: )

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Question of the Day

Creating a JSON Document III

I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams

TeamID  TeamName       City             YearEstablished
------  --------       ----             ---------------
1       Cowboys        Dallas           1960
2       Eagles         Philadelphia     1933
3       Packers        Green Bay        1919
4       Chiefs         Kansas City      1960
5       49ers          San Francisco    1946
6       Broncos        Denver           1960
7       Seahawks       Seattle          1976
8       Patriots       New England      1960
If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT TOP 2 
  json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;

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