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SQL - STRING - FUNCTIONS - 1

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/*

**************************************************************************************
***
String Functions
**************************************************************************************
***
String Functions are used to deal with text data.
Text data will be enclosed in single quotes(')
1. ASCII(<Character>): It is used to get ASCII value of a specific character
2. CHAR(<Number>) : It is used to get character of a number
3. CONCATE(Text1, Text2, ....TextN): It is used to combine text values
4. LEFT(<Text>, <No:Of Characters>: It is used to get part the of the text from left
side with specifified number
of characters
5. RIGHT(<Text>, <No:Of Characters>: It is used to get part the of the text from right
side with specifified number
of characters
*/

--Write a SQL Code to get ASCII value for 'A' and 'a'
SELECT
'A' AS Column1,
ASCII('A') AS ASCII_A,
'a' AS Column2,
ASCII('a') AS ASCII_a

--Write a SQL Code to get Character value for 65 and 97


SELECT CHAR(65) AS Char1, CHAR(97) AS Char2

--Note: When you write Dynamic SQL code, we can use this function to get single quotes

--Write a SQL code to show St.An's school

SELECT 'St.An' + CHAR(39) + 's School'

SELECT
'SELECT * FROM employee
WHERE Job=' + CHAR(39) + 'MANAGER' + CHAR(39) AS Query

SELECT * FROM employee WHERE Job='MANAGER'

--Write a SQL Statement to get FullName by taking data form FirstName and LastName
from ContosoRetailDW, DimCustomer table
USE ContosoRetailDW
SELECT
FirstName,
LastName,
CONCAT(FirstName, ' ', LastName) AS FullName
FROM DimCustomer

/*
Write a SQL Statement to get Full Name, with FirstName, MiddleName, LastName.
Note: If MiddleName is Null then your FullName is FirstName and LastName else
FirstName, MiddleName and LastName
We can provide solution in two ways
1. By using Case Statement
*/
SELECT
FirstName,
MiddleName,
LastName,
CASE
WHEN MiddleName IS NULL THEN CONCAT(FirstName, '*', LastName)
ELSE CONCAT(FirstName, '*', MiddleName, '*', LastName)
END AS FullName
FROM DimCustomer

---

/*
4. LEFT(<Text>, <No:Of Characters>): It is used to get part the of the text from left
side with specifified number
of characters
--Write a SQL Statement to get First Three characters from every employee name
*/

USE DATASTORE
SELECT
EmployeeNo,
Ename,
LEFT(Ename, 3) AS FirstThreeChars
FROM employee

/*
5. RIGHT(<Text>, <No:Of Characters>): It is used to get part the of the text from
right side with specifified number
of characters

--Write a SQL Statement to get Last Three characters from every employee name
*/
SELECT
EmployeeNo,
Ename,
RIGHT(Ename, 3) AS LastThreeChars
FROM employee

/*
6. SUBSTRING(<Text>, <Starting Position>, <No:Of Characters>): It is used to get part
of the text from
starting position to specified number of characters.
--Write a SQL Statement to get First Three Characters from employee table with
Substring fucntion
*/
SELECT
EmployeeNo,
Ename,
SUBSTRING(Ename, 1, 3) AS FirstThreeChars
FROM employee
--Write a SQL Statement to get Last Three Characters from employee table with
Substring fucntion
--LEN(<Text>): It is used to get complete length of the text
--ex: LEN('Raja')-->4
SELECT
EmployeeNo,
Ename,
LEN(Ename) AS LenEname,
LEN(Ename)-2,
SUBSTRING(Ename, LEN(Ename)-2, 3) AS LastThreeChars1,
RIGHT(Ename, 3) AS LastThreeChars2
FROM employee

--Write a SQL Statement to create table by using SELECT statement


SELECT TOP 20
CustomerKey AS UserID,
CONCAT(FirstName, ' ', LastName) AS UserName INTO Users
FROM ContosoRetailDW.dbo.DimCustomer

--Reading data from Users table


SELECT * FROM Users

--Write a SQL Statement to get FirstName from UserName


SELECT
UserId,
UserName,
LEFT(UserName, 3) AS FirstName
FROM Users

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