-- - Supports the scenario where log files list consist of both the file name formats -- - When CSV format is used, a check-constraint is added to the child table ...

For developers working with SQL Server, few performance tuning techniques are as essential--or as frequently misunderstood--as indexing. Done right, indexing can drastically improve application ...

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Splitting a string by a delimiter in SQL Server involves breaking a single text string into smaller parts based on a chosen character. This is often done using functions like STRING_SPLIT, which ...

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...

There are quite a few ways to extract words and substrings from lines of text on a Linux system, replace them with other strings, select delimiters, and even get rid of white space at the beginning ...

Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't. One topic that has come up in several conversations with customers ...

How to Extract a Substring in Excel Using FIND() and MID() Functions Your email has been sent Learn how to use MID() and FIND() and then combine them to parse substrings from inconsistent data.