2011-08-22
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T-SQL Challenges
TSQL Challenge 62 - Break a long sentence in groups of 5 words
Read the input string and break each sentence into groups of 5 words. A row may contain more than one sentence. Each sentence in the input should start a new group.
2011-08-08
1,200 reads
TSQL Challenge 61 - Generate an HTML calendar in TSQL
This challenge is to generate an HTML calendar based on the data stored in a table.
2011-07-25
1,821 reads
TSQL Challenge 60 - Generate a relational tree structure from a string
Your job is to read a string containing product hierarchy information and generate a relational table (result set) representing the hierarchy of categories.
2011-07-11
968 reads
TSQL Challenge 59 - Playing Chess in TSQL – Part 2
Your job is to generate a string using Forsyth-Edwards Notation which represents the final position of pieces after performing a series of moves from the original position
2011-06-27
839 reads
TSQL Challenge 58 - Playing Chess in TSQL – Part 1
Your job is to read the input string and generate a result set that represents the position of pieces in a chess board.
2011-06-13
1,737 reads
TSQL Challenge 57 - Identify rows that match the rollup trade data
Your job is to scan the trades data and identify combination of trades that match a given rollup data.
2011-05-30
884 reads
TSQL Challenge 56 - Create a Sierpinski carpet using TSQL
This challnge invites you to generate a Sierpinsky carpet using TSQL
2011-05-16
2,499 reads
TSQL Challenge 55 - Multiply two very long decimal strings and return
This challenge to multiply two positive integer strings and return their product. The strings can be really long: up to 1024 digits
2011-05-02
1,290 reads
TSQL Challenge 54 - Find the longest matching area code
Your job is to write a query that identifies the longest matching country/area code from each phone number based on the information stored in an area-code reference table.
2011-04-18
1,182 reads
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