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SQL Challenge I – Solution

TweetShareSharePin0 SharesBoth Gary and Philip postd working versions. Gary’s didn’t work for me when I had the same letter more than one time in the string. Philips did work and the need to deal with each letter as if it is unique can of course be questioned. The intent was for a solution that could handle that and as Philip showed adjusting that is as easy as to just add a distinct. My version is based on not using analytical […]

Challenge

SQL Challenge I

TweetShareSharePin0 SharesWhile maybe a pretentious title, I’ve always enjoyed getting and giving what I call SQL Challenges. It is basically a short explanation for what you should do with pure SQL and some limitations to how you can do it and then you get to try to come up with a solution. It is frequently more about being able to do it, than it is that one would actually implement it that way. The idea is that you lear new […]