Nov 2, 2015 · More on split functions, why (and proof that) while loops and recursive CTEs don't scale, and better alternatives, if splitting strings coming from the application layer: Split strings the right way – or the next best way; Splitting Strings : A Follow-Up; Splitting Strings : Now with less T-SQL; Comparing string splitting / concatenation methods

May 8, 2017 · If it is SQL Server 2017 or SQL Server VNext, Azure SQL database you can use String_agg as below: SELECT make.CarMakeId, make.CarMake, CarModels = string_agg(model.CarModel, ', ') FROM CarModels model INNER JOIN CarMakes make ON model.CarMakeId = make.CarMakeId GROUP BY make.CarMakeId, make.CarMake Output:

Feb 5, 2009 · There's a couple of other tricks that Postgres offers for string matching (if that happens to be your DB): ILIKE, which is a case insensitive LIKE match: select * from people where name ilike 'JOHN' Matches: John; john; JOHN; And if you want to get really mad you can use regular expressions: select * from people where name ~ 'John.*' Matches ...

Oct 26, 2015 · Borrowed and improved on @Richard Sayakanit answer. This handles multiple words. Like his answer, this doesn't use any UDFs, only built-in functions (STRING_SPLIT and STRING_AGG) and it's pretty fast. STRING_AGG requires SQL Server 2017 but you can always use the STUFF/XML trick. Won't handle every exception but can work great for many ...

Eight years later... Microsoft SQL Server vNext Database Engine has finally enhanced Transact-SQL to directly support grouped string concatenation. The Community Technical Preview version 1.0 added the STRING_AGG function and CTP 1.1 added the WITHIN GROUP clause for the STRING_AGG function.

Apr 13, 2015 · Here's the code for one I use for creating a query string for an HTTP GET: Public Sub AppendQueryString(strInput As String, _ ByVal strAppend As String, Optional ByVal strOperator As String = "&") strAppend = StringReplace(strAppend, "&", "&") strInput = strInput & strOperator & strAppend End Sub

Apr 25, 2012 · I have two tables in SQL Server: Customer and Address Customer Table: CustomerID FirstName LastName ----------- ---------- ---------- 1 Andrew Jackson 2 George ...

Nov 18, 2021 · This would fall under a new feature request. You can handle basic SQL functions only link. Note: Databricks SQL provides a simple experience for SQL users who want to run quick ad-hoc queries on their data lake, create multiple visualization types to explore query results from different perspectives, and build and share dashboards.

Aug 16, 2017 · For example .StartsWith gets translated as (string LIKE pattern + "%" AND CHARINDEX(pattern, string) = 1) OR pattern = '' where .Contains gets translated into (CHARINDEX(pattern, string) > 0) OR pattern = ''. EF.Functions.Like however gets translated into string LIKE pattern [ESCAPE escapeChar]. This may also have implications on Performance.

They have implimented STRING_AGG() in Azure SQL Database as well. That should provide the exact functionality originally requested in this post with native and built in support. @hrobky mentioned this previously as a SQL Server 2016 feature at the time.