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NULL Values and Joins

T-sql

New DMF for SQL Server 2008 sys.dm_fts_parser to parse a string

Many times we want to split a string into an array and get a list of each word separately. The sys.dm_fts_parser function will help us in these cases. More over, this function will also differentiate the noise words and exact match words. The sys.dm_fts_parser can be also very powerful for debugging purposes. It can help you check how the word breaker and stemmer works for a given input for Full Text Search.

T-SQL Tuesday #13 Roundup

Steve Jones summarizes the posts from this month's blog party.

Nested Temporary Tables

T-SQL

Hidden Formatting Troubles with STR() (SQL Spackle)

Fill in another bit of your T-SQL knowledge about STR(). It right justifies, rounds, and controls the output width of columns. Sounds perfect but here's why you might not want to use it.

Printing Lengths

The DELETE statement in SQL Server

Of the big four DML statements in SQL Server, the DELETE is the one least written about. This is odd considering the extra power conferred on the statement by the addition of the WITH common_table_expression; and the OUTPUT clause that essentially allows you to move data from one table to another in one statement.