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Dispatch values with wildcard patterns
PowerShell: Switch -Wildcard interprets shell-style matching patterns for each clause.
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Display a fallback for missing data
SQL: Return a supplied label when a column contains NULL.
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Distinguish a file from a directory
PowerShell: Test-Path can constrain the kind of item that is accepted.
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Distinguish row count from non-null value count
SQL: COUNT(*) includes every row while COUNT(column) skips NULL values.
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Divide an ordered result into numbered buckets
SQL: NTILE distributes rows across buckets; include a unique tie-breaker for deterministic assignment.
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Enable and use foreign keys
Turn on relationship enforcement for the connection.
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Encode and decode UTF-8 text with Base64
PowerShell: Convert the string to bytes explicitly before Base64 encoding.
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Enforce a bounded numeric range
SQL: A named CHECK constraint keeps numeric values inside an inclusive interval.
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Enforce a numeric range at a function boundary
PowerShell: ValidateRange performs argument validation before work begins.
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Enforce a relationship between two columns
SQL: A row-level CHECK can require a start value to be no greater than an end value.
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Enforce uniqueness with a dedicated index
SQL: A unique index rejects a duplicate combination independently of query plans.
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Escape a single URL parameter value
PowerShell: EscapeDataString encodes one value without treating it as a complete URL.
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