tsql split full name into firstname and lastname

this script only works with combination of firstname+' '+lastname.

--firstname
SUBSTRING(fullname, 1, CHARINDEX(' ', fullname) - 1) as firstname

--lastname
SUBSTRING(fullname, CHARINDEX(' ', fullname) + 1, LEN(fullname)) as lastname

tsql split up a comma seperated string into a table with duplicate records removed

thanks to many similar sources on the web, I came up with my script, it splits up a comma seperated string into a table with duplicate records removed



IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[Spliter]') AND type in (N'FN', N'IF', N'TF', N'FS', N'FT'))
DROP FUNCTION [dbo].Spliter
GO
CREATE FUNCTION Spliter(@String varchar(max), @Delimiter char(1))
returns @temptable TABLE (items varchar(max))
as
begin
declare @idx int
declare @slice varchar(8000)
select @idx = 1
if len(@String)<1 or @String is null return
while @idx!= 0
begin
set @idx = charindex(@Delimiter,@String)
if @idx!=0
set @slice = left(@String,@idx - 1)
else
set @slice = @String
if(len(@slice)>0 and (select count(items) from @temptable where items = @slice)=0)
insert into @temptable(Items) values(@slice)
set @String = right(@String,len(@String) - @idx)
if len(@String) = 0 break
end
return
end
GO


SELECT i.items FROM dbo.Spliter(@tempstring,',') AS i where items not in (select comparesource from comparesourcetable)

Stimulsoft Web Designer restrictions

found these properties quite handy when you want to give end user limited access when designing the report in web browser, especially when you want to hide the connection string credentials.

StiWebDesignerOptions.Dictionary.AllowModifyDictionary = true;
StiWebDesignerOptions.Dictionary.AllowModifyConnections = false;
StiWebDesignerOptions.Dictionary.ShowConnectionType = false;
StiWebDesignerOptions.Dictionary.AllowModifyDataSources = false;
StiWebDesignerOptions.Dictionary.AllowModifyVariables = true;


just put them before swdCustomReport.Design(report); in your code