T-SQL Tuesday 191 – String parsing (and why I hate intelligent keys)
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Welcome to the delayed 191st T-SQL Tuesday. Our host is, once more, Steve Jones. This time, he asks us to write about our favorite string parsing. Which is an odd thing to ask: nobody ever said “I like doing string manipulation in T-SQL”. So instead of doing what Steve asked, I will provide some background, and they show some tricks that might make the task a bit less unpleasant. Why intelligent keys are anything but intelligent I am currently most known for my performance tuning and execution plan work. But when I started working with database, I actually came from…
