Reader Christofer improved my logic to get a numeric value from alpha numeric string data. His stored procedure uses REVERSE and PATINDEX.
SQL SERVER – Outer Join Not Allowed in Indexed Views – Limitation of the View 8
Why is an outer join not allowed in indexed views? Rows can logically disappear when you insert into a base table. Limitation of the view 8 shows an example.
SQL SERVER – Cross Database Queries Not Allowed in Indexed View – Limitation of the View 7
An indexed view needs WITH SCHEMABINDING, and that rules out cross database queries. Limitation of the view 7 walks through it with two test databases.
SQL SERVER – UNION Not Allowed but OR Allowed in Index View – Limitation of the View 6
UNION not allowed in an indexed view can surprise you. Limitation of the view 6 shows the script that fails and how the OR operator is allowed instead.
SQL SERVER – COUNT(*) Not Allowed but COUNT_BIG(*) Allowed – Limitation of the View 5
A view with COUNT(*) cannot get a clustered index, but switch to COUNT_BIG and it works. Limitation of the view 5, shown with a simple tempdb example.
SQL SERVER – How to Stop Growing Log File Too Big
A client kept truncating the transaction log because of a growing log file. I explain why that is risky and share two better options, starting with Simple recovery.
Percent of Total With SUM() OVER() in One Query
Calculate percent of total with SUM() OVER(), group and running shares, safe numeric division, and checks for zero totals.