KeithHenry

create function dbo.searchToXml(@input varchar(max)) returns xml
as
begin
	set @input = ltrim(rtrim(@input))
	
	-- Mismatched ( and ) means we can't parse with this method
	if len(replace(@input, '(', '')) <> len(replace(@input, ')', ''))
		return null;
	
	set @input = replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(

KeithHenry

create function dbo.udf_OSGrid_WGS84 (@east int, @north int)
returns geography
as
begin
	-- reference implementation: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-os-gridref.html

    if @east is null
        or @north is null
        return null

KeithHenry

create function dbo.udf_OrdnanceSurvey_WGS84 (@east int, @north int)
returns geography
as
begin
    if @east is null
        or @north is null
		or (@east = 0 and @north = 0) -- 0,0 is a legitmate co-ordinate, but in our DB it's used instead of missing locations
        return null

	-- Adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/12317217/905