SQL Server 2005 and later allow you to create your own custom aggregate functions, including for things like concatenation- see the sample at the bottom of the linked article.

Mar 29, 2023 · Aggregate functions that are used with CUBE, ROLLUP, or GROUPING SET queries must provide for the merging of subaggregates. To fix this problem, remove the aggregate function …

Dec 8, 2019 · I need to search an SQL Server database for all mentions of a specific string. For example, I would like to search all tables, views, functions, stored procedures, ... for string …

SOLUTION The definition of optimal can vary, but here's how to concatenate strings from different rows using regular Transact SQL, which should work fine in Azure.

In SQL Server 2017 and above, you can achieve proper case by combining STRING_SPLIT, a CTE with ROW_NUMBER to maintain word order, and STRING_AGG to reassemble the string.

Dec 3, 2013 · I'm using an Oracle database and I want to know how can I find rows in a varchar type column where the values of that column has a string which contains some character. I'm trying …

Nov 2, 2015 · Using SQL Server, how do I split a string so I can access item x? Take a string "Hello John Smith". How can I split the string by space and access the item at index 1 which should return …

Nov 18, 2021 · Hopefully a quick one; Migrating some on-premise SQL views to Databricks and struggling to find conversions for some functions. The main one is the string_agg function. …

Jul 3, 2012 · LEFT and RIGHT are SQL Server functions that do what LPAD / RPAD do. You may have a user-defined function in your DB, that would explain the slowdown.

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