T-SQL Split String

The folowing code shows the way to do a table function to make string split in T-SQL.

create function fx_split(@stringToSplit VARCHAR(MAX),  @splitString varchar(5) )

RETURNS

 @returnList TABLE ([Name] [nvarchar] (500))

AS

BEGIN

DECLARE @name NVARCHAR(255)

 DECLARE @pos INT

 WHILE CHARINDEX(@splitString, @stringToSplit) > 0

 BEGIN

  SELECT @pos  = CHARINDEX(@splitString,  @stringToSplit) 

  SELECT @name = SUBSTRING(@stringToSplit, 1, @pos-1)

  INSERT INTO @returnList

  SELECT @name

  SELECT @stringToSplit = ltrim(rtrim(SUBSTRING(@stringToSplit, @pos+len(@splitString), LEN(@stringToSplit)-@pos)))

 END

 INSERT INTO @returnList

 SELECT @stringToSplit

 RETURN

END

Here The Use of the Function

 

select * from fx_split('1,2,3,4,5', ',')

And This Is The RESULT.

1

2

3

4

5

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T-SQL, Executing DOS Command

The seguente T-SQL Script shows how execute DOS Command:

declare  @temptb as table (id int identity, valore varchar(255))

insert into @temptb exec xp_cmdshell 'ipconfig'

select * from @temptb

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Getting SQL Server IP Address

If you need to know the IP of your SQL Server, the seguent scripts is what you need:

declare @cmdresults as table(ip varchar(255))

insert into @cmdresults exec xp_cmdshell'ipconfig | find "IPv4"'

select ltrim(rtrim(substring(ip,charindex(':',ip)+1,len(ip)))) from @cmdresults where ip is not null  

or

declare @cmdresults as table(ip varchar(255))

insert into @cmdresults exec xp_cmdshell'ipconfig | find "IP Address"'

select ltrim(rtrim(substring(ip,charindex(':',ip)+1,len(ip)))) from @cmdresults where ip is not null  

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T-SQL, Row Value Concatenation Unsing "FOR XML PATH"

Sometime, could be usefull to concatenate row values.
For example you have a select that returns this result:

A

B

C

D

but you need:

A, B, C, D

the seguente script makes this: a Row Value Concatenation.

SELECT STUFF((

      SELECT

            ', ' + ltrim(rtrim(Your_Field))

      FROM

            Your_Table

      FOR XML PATH('')

),1,2,'')

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Time From Datetime

The following script shows how you can get time from datetime:

select CONVERT(char(8), getdate(), 108) as Time

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Datetime without hours, minutes and seconds

If you need to get date from datetime:

select dateadd(dd,0,datediff(dd,0,getdate()))

If you want only date without hours, minutes and seconds:
SELECT convert(varchar, getdate(), 103) 

103 format is dd/mm/yyyy

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T-SQL, Calculate Age From Date of Birth

Sometime could be useful calculate age from date of birth.
The following t-sql code shows how could be done it.

datediff(yy, date_of_birth, GETDATE()) -

       (case when (datepart(m,  date_of_birth) > datepart(m, GETDATE()))OR

                   (datepart(m,  date_of_birth) = datepart(m, GETDATE()) AND

                    datepart(d,  date_of_birth) > datepart(d, GETDATE()))

                        then 1

                        else 0

        end) AS AGE

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