Next on the list of new T-SQL functions is TRY_PARSE. The function syntax is TRY_PARSE (string_value AS data_type [USING culture]). This is similar to the PARSE function, except that it returns NULL ...

Snowflake wants to reduce enterprises’ reliance on data engineers and data scientists for unstructured data analysis with its ...

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 ...

Oracle SQL string functions have included the Soundex function for a long time. Soundex is a phonetic normalization function that was invented for the 1880 U.S. Census to get around the problem of ...

Unless the new functions of SQL Server 2016 are used, the JSON columns are treated as plain text fields and can be queried only with T-SQL string and text instructions such as LIKE, SUBSTRING and TRIM ...

organizations use complex and high-end text analytics solutions for simple SQL text search, such as “prefix,” “suffix” and “contains” functions,” explains Ori Reshef, Varada’s vice president of ...