Ars Technica

T-SQL: Building a string from all columns meeting a certain condition

DECLARE @string VARCHAR(MAX) = ''; SELECT @string = CASE WHEN MeaslesDue < '5/16/2013' THEN @string + MeaslesDue END CASE WHEN MumpsDue < '5/16/2013' THEN @string + MumpsDue END CASE WHEN RubellaDue < ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Build a Query String in T-SQL

Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements. The statements use a SQL string varchar data type, then you execute the ...
Ars Technica

Dealing with commas and apostrophes in string input for SQL statements using ASP

Anyone know how to work with commas and apostrophes coming in as input from a form, and inserting this data into a record using SQL in ASP? If the user enters data with an apostrophe into a text box, ...
Computerworld

How to create SQL Server connection strings in Visual Studio

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...
TechRepublic

Sorting character strings using SQL Server

If you ever need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields, check out this demonstration of how to write a common sorting algorithm using SQL Server TSQL code. You are probably familiar ...