How do I quickly evaluate a text string in SQL?

No, I still haven't forgotten I promised to get an example of a text string analysis that applies to SQL Server and PostgreSQL Happy SQL-ing!

How do I analyse a string length and punctuation with SQL?

Need a quick re-cap of some of the text functions in SQL? By using a combination of them, you can:  count the number of words in a string find if a string starts with a number find if a string contains a particular punctuation sign find if a string ends in a particular punctuation sign …

How do I replace a string in SQL and make sure it has no extra spaces?

It was pretty cool that the substring() function had the exact same syntax in all SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL Are there more functions like that?  Check out the ones below! replace() = replaces one part of a string with another ltrim() = removes leading spaces from a string rtrim() = removes trailing spaces from a string have …