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SQL SERVER - Script to Find Strings with Same Characters

SQL SERVER – Script to Find Strings with Same Characters

February 21, 2015
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL String

Need to find strings with same characters, like KKK but not KKT? Here is a simple trick using REPLACE and LEFT, with no WHILE loop needed.

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SQL SERVER - Reverse String Word By Word - Part 4

SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word Part 4

December 19, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL String

In Reverse String Word By Word Part 4, Paul G slices the string by a delimiter and rebuilds it in reverse order. Here is his full script.

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SQL SERVER - Reverse String Word By Word - Part 3

SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word Part 3

December 17, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL String

Reverse String Word By Word Part 3 shows Yuri Petrov’s way to reverse words in a sentence, using an auxiliary numbers table in two parts.

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SQL SERVER - Reverse String Word By Word - Part 2

SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word Part 2

December 15, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL String

In Reverse String Word By Word Part 2, Sanjay Monpara and Yuri Petrov improve my script. The new, more robust version uses a Split function.

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SQL SERVER - Reverse String Word By Word

SQL SERVER – Reverse String Word By Word

December 6, 2014
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL String

A reader wanted to reverse string word by word, so “I am Pinal Dave” becomes “Dave Pinal am I”. Here is the function that does it.

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SQL SERVER - Group by Rows and Columns using XML PATH - Efficient Concating Trick

SQL SERVER – Group by Rows and Columns using XML PATH – Efficient Concating Trick

April 5, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String, SQL XML

A reader wanted students and courses grouped by course and instructor in a single row. Here is a simple concatenation trick with XML PATH that does it.

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SQL SERVER - Check If String is a Palindrome in Using T-SQL Script - Reverse Function

SQL SERVER – Check If String is a Palindrome in Using T-SQL Script – Reverse Function

March 7, 2013
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Function, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL String

A friend building a captcha had to skip words that read the same backward. Here is a T-SQL script with REVERSE to check if a string is a Palindrome.

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