Function To Search For Characters
May 5, 2008Hi All
Is there a function to search for characters in the string simlilar to the IndexOf function is C#.net?
I need answers urgently.
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Like-Operator: How To Search On %,_ Characters
Apr 20, 2001Hello,
a database field of type varchar contains among others % and _ characters.
When we do a SELECT how can be search on % characters in the LIKE operator.
Ricardo
Special Characters - Search In DB
Mar 6, 2001Hi !
I have an DB in SQL Server 7, and in Portuguese we have special characters like "á","õ",etc. And I want to let the visitor to a site to do a search (written in ASP), and not to need to write the correct way (without the accents). But either he writes or not in the correct way, the results are the same, not necessarly in the same order. Is there a SQL Server mechanism that permits this functionality, without doing a very complicated SELECT (takes a lot of time) or replicating a field in the DB (takes a lot of extra space)...
Thanks !
Filipe Lopes, Lisbon, Portugal.
Search By Ignoring Special Characters
Dec 14, 2011In our schools we have a number of East-European, Turkish, Scandinavian, ... students. Their names contain "special" characters, like Ö, Ü, Ø, ... Our users want to be able to search for student names without having to enter those special characters. Most often they don't know the exact spelling of the names and they get "no match found" messages as a result.
They want to have persons with the name Ösgür, Osgueld, ... in the result set after entering "osgu" in the search field.
What is the best way to do this? I was thinking about using another collation near the LIKE, but I don't know if that would work and how it should be done. The Database collation is Latin1_General_CI_AS.
Optional Characters In Search String
Jun 21, 2006I'm trying to search for commonly abbreviated company titles (ie limited, partnership, and so on). I would like to make my sql statement as short as possible (it's already quite lengthy as is). But I'm having trouble netting the abbreviated forms such as LTD and LMTD for limited (I have no control over the data I get, it comes from different counties with no standardization). I've tried using braketted strings like "L[I,IMI,M,]T[ED,D,]" and all other combinations I can think of, including using single quotes in the each string, and removing the empty placeholder and still can grab all instances.
Someone else's insight would be appreciated.
Search Values With Special Characters
Sep 8, 2006In my database, I have records stored as "Scooter, gears, hard hat" When the user enters in the textbox "Scooter gears hat" it does not return any records. How can I tell the DB to ignore the characters in the column and search for the full text only and return all values?
Thanks
Transact SQL :: Customized Search With Special Characters?
Jun 20, 2015I am creating a key-wording module where I want to search data using the comma separated words.And the search is categorized into comma ',' and minus '-'. Take a look on the example what I exactly want to do is
I have a main table name `tbl_main` in SQL
AS_ID KWD
1 Man,Businessman,Business,Office,confidence,arms crossed
2 Man,Businessman,Business,Office,laptop,corridor,waiting
3 man,business,mobile phone,mobile,phone
4 Welcome,Greeting,beautiful,bride,celebration,wedding,woman,happiness
5 beautiful,bride,wedding,woman,happiness,mobile phone,talking
6 woman,girl,Digital Tablet,working,sitting,online
7 woman,girl,Digital Tablet,working,smiling,happiness,hand on chin
If serch text is = Man,Businessman then result AS_ID is =1,2
If serch text is = Man,-Businessman then result AS_ID is =3
If serch text is = woman,girl,-Working then result AS_ID is =4,5
What is the best why to do this?
Search String Field (nvarchar) For Unicode Characters
Nov 8, 2006MS SQL 2000. Does anyone know how to find all rows where an nvarchar column contains a specific unicode character? Is it possible without creating a user defined function? Here's the issue. I have a table Expression (ExpID, ExpText) with values like 'x < 100' and 'y ≤ 200'. where the second example contains Unicode character 8804 [that is, nchar(8804)]. Because it's unicode, I don't seem to be able to search for it with LIKE or PATINDEX. These fail:
SELECT * FROM Expression WHERE ExpText LIKE '%≤%' -- no recordsSELECT * FROM Expression WHERE PATINDEX('%≤%', ExpText) -- no records
However, SELECT PATINDEX('%≤%', 'y ≤ 200') will return 3.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Full Text Search And Sepcial Characters Like &&(ampersand)
Feb 9, 2007I think this may have been asked for million times... but for some strange reason, i couldn't find anything related about that in this forum......
So, just wondering if there is any way to handle special characters like "&" in full text search ?
like "AT&T" ?
cause when I do a simple select * contains AT&T, it won't return any result ...
thank you in advance.
Full Text Search With Characters Such As Colon Or Semicolon
Jun 20, 2008Hi, I'd like to know if there's a way to get sql server NOT to ignore the colon when performing a full text search (CONTAINS) for a string "sometext:". At this moment the query works, only the results are not narrowed to the ones containing the specified colon. I've read about this and I saw that these kind of characters (word breakers and stemmers) are ignored and want to know if there's a way to work around this (obviously performing well - so LIKE fails the test). Thanks
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Apr 22, 2008Hi, i have a query that goes like this
select *
from Users
where UserName Like =@Username;
the values for 'UserName' go like this
Adrián
Jesús
Fernández
Güero
all of them have spanish accents. is there a way to make the "like" value to ignore the spanish characters? (á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, etc)
That is because the user will not always write "Jesús" they will write "Jesus" or they will not write "Adrián" they will write "Adrian"
so is there any way to tell the SQL Server engine to ignore those characters?
thanks!!!
T-SQL (SS2K8) :: Search Special Characters In Column Of Table
Jul 14, 2014I am using SQL Server 2008. In one of my table, one column has values like
"MFY RLHH CSQÉ"
"Aamj Gxmolwn Slf Yytrzgan Hiwd Fnlmyw"
So to fetch the data having only special characters in it, I used below query
Select * From Table Where Column Like '%[^0-9a-zA-Z]%' Escape ' '. Its returning both the records. Here I would like to fetch records for those Unicode characters only which are not within 00201 - 0070E [URL].
Full Text Search Including Special Characters
Sep 17, 2007
Recently to help improve search times across one of our catalogs we implemented a full text index. So far this has worked wonders and improved our speeds 20 fold!
However recently we hit a snag with certian searches. Our catalog contains parts with descriptions such as 3'x2'. We have taken out single characters and numbers from our noise files, but they don't seem to contain special characters (ie . , " ' / ). So it seems that each one of these characters acts as a work breaker. Is there a way we can structure our search to include these characters, or is there another file to modify to allow these characters?
Currenty our call, simplified, looks like this:
select * from catalog where freetext(description,'3''x2''')
Thanks for the help!
Transact SQL :: Create Search With Boolean Logic And Wildcard Characters
Jun 15, 2015I am developing for a customer and they want a search facility that uses boolean logic and special characters. So they want to be able to add "AND" "OR" "NOT" "*" and "?". And for this to effect the search in the predicted way and ranked. I was wondering if there is any examples of this type of search implemented?Â
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Jul 9, 2002Hi,
As part of a data search project I need to be able to strip all non numeric characters from a text field. The field contains various forms of phone number in various formats. In order to search on it I am going to remove all non numeric characters from the input criteria and from the data being searched.
In order to do this I decided on using a SQL Server custom function: Pass in field. Loop through all chars, test against asci values for number range. return only numernic data concatenated into a string.
Are there any other more efficient ways of going about this?
SQL Server 2012 :: Function To Remove Excess Characters
Mar 5, 2014I am looking for a function or way to return only results which does not include appended characters to order numbers.
For instance, below is a list of order numbers. I only want the order number that is SO-123456
OrderNumbers
SO-123456
SO-123456-01
SO-123456-2
SO-123457
SO-123457-1
SO-123457-02
SO-123458
I would like my query to only show the below results
SO-123456
SO-123457
SO-123458
What functions or query methods could achieve this?
I was hoping for something similar to RTRIM but that is only specific to white space.
T-SQL (SS2K8) :: Searching For Allowed Characters From Table Using Function?
Aug 10, 2015I want to create a function that searches for allowed characters within a table range (that contains the allowed characters) and replace any characters outside this range with a space.
For example -
'Bill123?', 'Jones12.z-'
'John&12/', 'QWERT123&4'
Wanted results – the single quotes are there to show the space for the replaced characters.
'Bill123 '
'Jones12.z '
'John&12 '
'QWERT123 4'
Example SQL data
CREATE TABLE [Common].[AllowedCharacters] (
[Character] [varchar](1) NOT NULL,
[Replacement] [varchar](10) NULL,
[AlwaysInclude] [bit] NOT NULL)
GO
SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
[code]....
The function will wrap around the column names and I know it can be done without a table validate the characters but it must be done this way.
Table-valued Function Does Not Accept Chinese Characters As Parameter
Nov 15, 2007I have a table-valued function in mssql 2005 as below:
ALTER FUNCTION fn_test{ @test nvarchar(1000)}RETURNS@TEMP TABLE{ test nvarchar(1000)}ASBEGIN INSERT INTO @TEMP SELECT @test
RETURNEND
Everytime, I passed in chinese character (@test), such as 測驗, the function will return ????. What should I do for the table-valued function, so that the chinese character can be passed in? Please help.
Note: I can search and get the chinese characters if I use stored procedures; and the columns in the tables can store chinese chararcters as well. Only table-valued function is not working with the chinese characters. Is it a bug from MSSQL 2005?
Transact SQL :: Function To Tokenize A String Of Characters Greater Than 4000
Jul 21, 2015I'm using sys.dm_fts_parser dynamic management function to tokenize a string of characters >4000. The function doesn't accept a query_string parameter >4000 characters. Is there a way around this? I've tried to execute the SELECT defined in the function but that doesn't work. Â
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Apr 4, 2007I am trying to write a used car search function I want the user to be able to select a MAKE from the 1st drop down list and a MODEL from the second drop down list and click a button and for the data to be shown in a gridview, the code below is what I have so far and works i.e when user selects a make it shows all cars for that make, but now how do I take it further and add the model on there so that when the user selects i.e BMW as make and Z3 for model it only shows all BMW Z3'S
<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>">
</asp:SqlDataSource>
<br />
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddmake" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" DataTextField="make"
DataValueField="make" AutoPostBack="True">
</asp:DropDownList><asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource2" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>"
SelectCommand="SELECT DISTINCT [make] FROM [used]"></asp:SqlDataSource>
</div>
<asp:button id="button1" runat="server" text="search"/>
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1">
</asp:GridView>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Here is the code behind the page
Protected Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles button1.Click
SqlDataSource1.SelectCommand = "select * from [used] where make like '%" & ddmake.Text & "%'"
SqlDataSource1.DataBind()
End Sub
Search Function
Nov 28, 2007We are in the process of developing an onlinestore like www.componentsource.com.We need to search for a product within our website.We already created pages using html.I have to take the 1st para of the product description and display. I don't want to save the description in the table how to do it?
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Nov 6, 2007Hi all I have a search function in one of my database's that when you click on the command button it window comes up that ask you for the last name. What I would like to do is alter it so that users can type in SM and get all the names that start with SM or Ma?? Like a Starts with. How can I do that
= N'[@Enter_LastName].[dbo.Revocatiions] ALike [ta%]'
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Revocations
(@Enter_LastName nvarchar(50))
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN ( SELECT [SSN], [TM#], FirstName, LastName, ReasonofRevocation, Notes, [I/R #], Date
FROM dbo.Revocations_Tbl
WHERE (LastName = @Enter_LastName))
Search Function
Nov 7, 2006Hi All,
Here's my problem:
I create titles and submit them for approval. Once approved I can edit them again and either save them or submit them for approval again.
My problem is:
When I am creating a title and saving it in the drafts and searching for the title, I am able to find it in the result page. This is before approval.
When I submit the same title for approval and it's approved and then I change the title and save it as draft and then search the new title I cant find it. But when I search with the old title it shows me the result but with the new title name.
When I check the db and search for the new title no records found.
When I check the db and search for the old title the system returns me the record with the same old name.
So when I search the old title in the db it returns the old title.
So when I search the application for the new title it returns the old title.
Help Appreciated!
Using SQL Server 2005
String Index Function (substring / Charindex) - Extract Specific Characters From Data
Aug 5, 2013SQL Query. What i need is to be able to extract specific characters from data.
Eg name
1.2-KPIA1-App-00001 this is a name i require, but i also require the '1.2' and the 'KPIA1' to be displayed in new columns in the results
i.e. 1.2-KPIA1-App-00001 1.2 KPIA1
*I need this in part of a script as there is thousands of rows of data.
How To Implement Search Function
Feb 1, 2007I have a table search the record. The user can search by name, id, status, address and other information.I want to make the search function more robust. For example, when the database has a record with name = "Michael Jackson", either typing any subset of the name will show this record.I would like to know if there is any easy way to implement this with VS2005 and SQL2005 Express.Thank you
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Mar 6, 2007HelloIn my website I have a textbox to search some products, but it would like to extend my search-function so that it could find special characters. For example:When I search Mexico, I would like to find México. Is there an easy way to do this?Thanks in AdvanceWesley
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Jun 8, 2007Hi all,I'm very new to ASP.NET stuffs, I'm trying to write a Search function for my website... I have two text boxes, one if called "SongTitle" and the other is "Artist"... Now I need to populate the GridView to display the result, based on the input of the textbox... So if only the "SongTitle" have input, it will search for the Song Titles on the database... if the Artist is searched, then it will return the artist... If both text boxes have value in them, then it need to check for both fields in the database and return the correct item... For the "Artist", I have 2 columns in the Database (originalArtist and performer), so for the Artist select statement, it need to check both columns on the table, if any of them match then it will return the item. Any help would be greatly appreciated,Thank you all,Kenny.
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Sep 10, 2007Hi, I am using the following sql for search function:
Select * From TableABC Where condition LIKE '%xyz%'
However, it does not provide good results, some results is not accurate, I would like to ask, is it any better mechanism for searching?
Please advise. Thanks~
James
How To Search Using PATINDEX Function...Plz Help
Feb 11, 2007Hi,
How to search the last occurance of one String in to another string..Using function PATINDEX() in a column of data type Text..
plz Give some solution i really need it ...
Thanks Yogesh
SQL Search String Function
Jun 2, 2008The 'LIKE' function looks for words that start with whatever is in the like condition. Is there an sql function similar but will look and compare at any part of the search string.
For example I am using a webservice in dot net to populate a dropdown list using this sql
SELECT compound_name FROM dbo.compound_name WHERE compound_name like @prefixText
In this table there is a compound called SILCAP310 and I would like the search function to pick up 310 if I put this into the @prefix parameter. (but I would still like the search to perform like the 'LIKE' does also.
SELECT compound_name FROM dbo.compound_name WHERE compound_name like @prefixText or compound_name SearchPartString @prefixText
Thanks in advance
How Can I Search All My Sprocs To See If Any Use A Function?
May 6, 2008Anyone have the code that would allow me to see if any of my sprocs contain references to a function? I imagine it would someting like select name from sysobjecst where charindex(whatevertextis, 'ufnName') > 0
Thanks
URGENT!!! Search Function Database Problem!
Jan 23, 2008Hi all,
I have a search function in my website, which is fully functionable.
But currently, this is the issue that I am having problem with.
For example:
I have only the name 'John' in my database.
When the user search for 'John Tan', no results is shown as there was no such name in the database
But if this happens, I want 'John' to be always returned and shown, no matter what 'John' the user search - E.g "john tan", John Loh", john wee"
So, how do I go about doing this? I have done some research on how to go about doing it, what I found useful was the .Replace() function. However, I can never predict in advance what user is going to key in.
Any help is welcome as this is a rather pressing problem of mine. Thanks for all the help in advance!!!
URGENT!!! Search Tool Function: Splitting A String
Jan 14, 2008Hi All!!!
I was tasked to come up with a search function and the content of the database given to me is in Chinese Characters. This would be my first time dealing with Chinese characters in the database and I need help with the following problem:
The company wants to conduct the search in such a way that, instead of having the system read the entire sentence/phrase which the user keyed in as a SINGLE string, they want the Chinese Characters to be accessed individually, so that as long as any information in the database contains any one of the characters which the user have entered, they will be retrieved and returned.
So how do I go about doing this? Does it have anything to do with Unicode? By the way, everything abt the search tool is working fine, I am just left with this dilemma of having the system recognise the entire sentence as ONE STRING, instead of conducting a search word by word or character by character.
Anyway, the following is the SQL statement of my SQL Data Source which is bound to a Gridview displaying the returned results after a search is done...1 SELECT Name, Trans, Address1, Address1T, Address2, Address2T, City, CityT, CRPLID
2 FROM CRPL
3 WHERE (Trans LIKE '%' + @Trans + '%') OR
4 (Name LIKE '%' + @Name + '%') OR
5 (Address1 LIKE '%' + @Address1 + '%') OR
6 (Address1T LIKE '%' + @Address1T + '%') OR
7 (Address2 LIKE '%' + @Address2 + '%') OR
8 (Address2T LIKE '%' + @Address2T + '%') OR
9 (City LIKE '%' + @City + '%') OR
10 (CityT LIKE '%' + @CityT + '%')
Thanks for all your help in advance!!!