Sorry my answer was no good.  I tried to edit it and now it's been marked as spam for some reason.  If you posted a sample txt file it would...

Again, why is it "suboptimal"?  As long as the values are always ascending, what difference does it make to SQL, or to us, if there are gaps in the...

It really sounds like you should be using a SEQUENCE rather than an identity, that is, that this INSERT is just to get an identity value, which...

It really sounds like you should be using a SEQUENCE rather than an identity, that is, that this INSERT is just to get an identity value, which is no...

drop table if exists dbo.test_j;
go
create table dbo.test_j(
  j         nvarchar(max));
go

insert dbo.test_j(j) values('[{"id":"36653","invoicenumber":"8224131","billinginvoiceid":"948439"},{"id":"36651","invoicenumber":"8224133","billinginvoiceid":"948437"},{"id":"36652","invoicenumber":"8224134","billinginvoiceid":"948438"},{"id":"36654","invoicenumber":"8224155","billinginvoiceid":"948440"},{"id":"36655","invoicenumber":"8224161","billinginvoiceid":"948442"}]');

select j_open.* 
from 
  dbo.test_j j
 cross...

Nice.  Is there a unicode version?

I think it's pretty basic. iirc "select initcap('This is a Book')...

It's title caps.  In Oracle since 8i

Incorporating Jeff's improvements and refactoring again this is what I came up.  Since this is the 2019 thread I created an INITCAPS scalar function which should execute inline, although it's...

Jeff, you have 2 solutions here, which is the preferred?  I like the 2nd one.  And why is there no INITCAP() function in SQL Server?  That's waaaay overdue.

Regarding labeling query...

This is really good.  The syntax is a little inconsistent and the use of sub-queries instead of cte's is not really considered current.  Also, no need for the floor function...

• This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by Steve Collins.

Hi pietlinden, I saw this yesterday and was going to reply but then got distracted.  Is the ToxBad table in the structure it was received or did you normalize what...

I I've been taking SQL for many decades, this literally was the best analogy I can come up with. Please give me a better one so I can use...

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Steve Collins.

If you could point out some specific examples I would truly appreciate it.

No, it is not a Ferrari. It is a database engine aimed at a particular market niche. It does it very nicely in many ways, but it is not...

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Steve Collins.