


Although it is definitely possible to type RegEx strings directly into the Find Box and have them work perfectly, a library of RegEx strings can save a lot of time for routine tidying up of SQL code, or formatting the results. So is it any use?Įven though it is odd, and lacks some of the features one expects, it is still very handy, particularly if you have a few RegEx favourites squirreled away. It has reappeared in VS2010, and so is likely to be there once again in the replacement for SSMS. We were promised a change in VS2005, but it never happened. The determination of Microsoft to maintain compatibility with Visual C++ Studio is one of the abiding mysteries of Windows. For some reason it was also used in Microsoft FrontPage and Expression Web too. It is very oddball syntax, and comes originally from Visual C++ 2.0. The same code is used in Visual Studio, even the completely re-written VS2010. It comes from way back before Microsoft paid so much heed to industry standards. It is Microsoft’s standard RegEx implementation for Find/Replace in its applications. It uses a quirky implementation of regular expressions, with unusual syntax, and few advanced features. NET application, you’ll imagine that it uses the lovely Regular Expression library that is within. ‘Nice,’ you will think ‘This will be very handy for those refactoring jobs that would otherwise require programmers’ editor.’ Because you know that SSMS is a. The Find/Replace feature of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) supports Regular Expressions. When you are in a band, you don't get with your b.RegEx-Based Finding and Replacing of Text in SSMS - Simple Talk Skip to content Murray: Mind you, they did make some of their best music back then. Although there was four of them, so more of a love square. Murray: You get a love triangle, you know, a Fleetwood Mac situation. When you are in a band, you don't get with your bandmate's girlfriend. : I think I know where I went wrong last night.Jemaine: Yeah, and you also don't want to be startled by a light, do you? Jemaine: Yeah, well - yeah, it's mainly because you used to go out, but also mainly because of the whole situation with the light.īret: Yeah, but the last thing you want to see when you're hooking up is your ex in the same room. But I think it's mainly because her and I used to go out. She's thinking, "Oh this is a nice situation." But then, "Ugh, who- who turned on the light?"īret: Yeah. It's 'cause you and her used to go out, but also because of the thing with the light. on.īret: Yeah, I think it might also be because she and I used to go out. I think she found it weird - the whole thing with you there with the - with the light. Jemaine: Yeah, Sally wanted to leave when you turned the light on. Jemaine: I think I know where I went wrong last night.
