Transact SQL :: Using Regular Expression To Find And Replace Data
Sep 9, 2015
I am writing an SQL query to find an replace data in a column. I have a table that is filled with
C:usersXXXXappdata
C:usersYYYYappda
C:usersZZZZZZappdata
I would like to replace the c:usersXXXXX part with %userprofile%
The end result would be %userprofile%appdata
I know how to dot the replacement in powershell. it's quite easy
-replace "c:users[^]+","%userprofile%"
Basically how would transfer this into SQL...
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Feb 29, 2008
Thanks in advanace for taking the time to read this post.
I am using MSSQL 2005 and have created a function that allows me to use regular expressions in my SQL queries.
My question is I have a pattern buried in a field of misc data that I need to pull out just that pattern and discard the rest of the data. Here is the Regular Expression I am using
select field1 from table1
where dbo.RegExMatch (field1,'[a-zA-Z]{4}[0-9]{6}[a-zA-Z]{2,4}')=1
This returns all values in the field that match the expression. What I want to do now is remove all data from the field on the left and right of the expression that does not match the expression. How would I accomplish this without reading through the 200k+ records and writing rules for every exception I run across?
so I could have Gar b/a ge 'THE GOOD DATA' m/or1 ba4d da....ta. All I want to do is return 'THE GOOD DATA'
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Oct 15, 2007
hi,
i am using a forEach look to import each file within a folder, but i also need to calculate the dataset related ot these files.
the file are named as:
ff_inbound_20071008_1.csv
ff_inbound_20071008_2.csv
where for file ff_inbound_20071008_1.csv:
ff => flat file
inbound => dataset of this csv
20071008 => date
1=> file count
having in mind that they are store in the variable as a full path:
z:myFlatFilesexportsproj01ff_inbound_20071008_2.csv
i need to extract the dataset and the date for each file.
how can i extract these terms from the file name?
many thanks,
nicolas
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Aug 12, 2015
I have a separate list of calendar years with radiocarbon year equivalents in SQL server but no conversion equation. Most but not all of the data I have is in radiocarbon years. I thought at first I could just link the tables but I don't want the data that is already in calendar years to be linked to this conversion table. Is there any way I can either link the two tables with criteria for which data is linked (Only ages that are in radiocarbon years). Or possibly a way to query all ages that are in radiocarbon years and do something similar to a find and replace with a large list of numbers to change?
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Jul 20, 2005
Is it possible to use the REPLACE function in SQL Server 2000 so thatit returns a string containing only alpha-numeric characters (muchlike using regular expressions)?Thank you in advance for any suggestion.Darren.
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Jan 10, 2007
Hi Guys
I have a table in which one of the column name is "NAME".
I have to write query in which column is not null and if there is something then check for 'trust' or 'trustee' in the string. and if found don't pull that record. skip it
who do i do these. Any help please.
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Mar 25, 2008
HiI'm looking to return rows from a table where a column is LIKE a keyword. This is my current code:SELECT DISTINCT business_name FROM Table WHERE business_name LIKE @keyword + '%' ORDER BY business_name ASCThe problem with this is that if a business is called "The White Ship Inn", and the keyword to match is "White Ship" it will not match. If i put another wild card in front of @keyword then this finds too many matches - i need it to match against columns which either start with the keyword, or have a whitespace in front of them. Is there some kind of T-Sql i can use or will i have to go down the regex route (using this (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mcpp/xpregex.aspx)) ?cheers
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May 6, 2004
Does SqlServer support Regular expression?
I want to know if it's avilable or not...
And if it's not available, I want to know any other efficient way to validate string.. manipulating Regular expression style validation.
Thank you all...
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Sep 6, 2005
I need to remove all the [ and ] in every sql stmt where they are usedto close encircling numeric value, fyi, all these sql stmt areconverted from an Access db. For instance,select *from XYZtblwhere fieldA = [1] or fieldA = [2] or fieldA = [3]to beselect *from XYZtblwhere fieldA = 1 or fieldA = 2 or fieldA = 3-- and of course I'd have written in as follows, but that's not-- the pointselect *from XYZtblwhere fieldA IN (1,2,3)Thanks.
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Feb 8, 2006
I am try to build a query which only matches whole words and so far I've got this.
Code:
SELECT *
FROM tblSearchWords
WHERE CorrectSpelling LIKE '%[^a-zA-Z0-9]blah[^a-zA-Z0-9]%'
This will return rows which contain the string 'blah' without any numeric or alphanumeric characters beside it. However it doesn't return the rows where 'blah' is either at the start or end of the string as it expects any character except a-zA-Z0-0.
Is there any way to accept string when there is nothing on either side as well?
Thanks,
Goran
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Apr 24, 2006
Hi,I'm not a big friend of MSSQL, but I have to do one query I've done formySQL.But I don't know how...I have to select 'user' from 'db' where first letter is E or N, second is Bor 0 and after that there are 6 or 7 digits I know.How can I do that?In mySQL it would be something like:SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE `account` regexp '^[EN][B0]123456$' ORDER BY`Id`;Thanks in advance,Martin
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Nov 8, 2006
I am trying to exclude all strings that has 'a' inside (I havesimplified the actual problem)select 1where 'bb b a dfg' like '%[^a]%'However, the above does not work. By the way, I can not use 'not like'such as:select 1where 'bb b a dfg' not like '%a%'Although the above will work but the idea is that I have to use 'like'and not 'not like'. This is partly because I have to exclude rows froman exclusion table (a table that has many rows that will be excluded).Actually I want to include all srings that has lets say // in it usinga regular expression. I would like to write it as (I am sure it willnot work):select 1where column like '%[^/][^/]%'That should exclude strings like: 'aaa // aa aa' or 'bb bbb // bb' etcand include strings like: 'aaa aa aa' or 'bb aa nn' etcIs there any way to write a regular expression to do it? Otherrwise Ihave to solve this problem without using regular expressions in theexclusion table.Thanks.
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May 8, 2008
Hi
I have a table which stores a big chunk of html text, which I have to search for and replace some strings.
How can I write a query that makes use of regular expressions to do the following:
Below is a block of example text
======================================================================
" src="http://aaaa/bbbb/cccc.nsf/blind%2010x10.gif?OpenImageResource" width=10> <img height=10 alt="" src="http://aaaa/bbbb/cccc.nsf/blind%2010x10.gif?OpenImageResource" width=10><img height=11 alt=""
http://aaaa/bbbb/cccc.nsf/blablablabla?OpenDocument src="http://aaaa/bbbb/cccc.ns http://aaaa/bbbb/cccc.nsf/d8d4f0dfa09ba71142256cc50040ee51/ee9b4493dac727be422571c30027df61? OpenDocument" target=_self>
======================================================================
Now I want to search and replace the string that is highlighted in red with something like "FOUND"
The below string is what I want to search for - I will used PATINDEX on the string below to find the start index of the string in the body, and then I will add on 114 to the when doing a replace:
'%http://aaaa/bbbb/cccc.nsf/%some guid%/%some guid%?OpenDocument%'
For example
REPLACE
(
TheField,
SUBSTRING
(
TheField,
PATINDEX(''%http://aaaa/bbbb/cccc.nsf/%some guid%/%some guid%?OpenDocument%', TheField),
,114
)
,
'FOUND'
)
QUESTION:
what would the regular expression be and how does one type it in the query?
I tried something like the below but it does not work, please advise .....
[a-z][0-9]{32} %/% [a-z][0-9]{32}
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Jun 29, 2007
I have as csv-file wich I import into an SQL Server table. Now I want to do some checks on it. I use a conditional split to direct data to the other tables (1 table for the correct data, 1 table for the rejected data).
Is it possible to use a regular expression in a case in a conditional split to check if a columns has the right format?
If yes? How do I do that?
If no? What is the alternative?
Thanks!
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May 2, 2008
Hello everyone
I'm new with Reporting services, so my problem is that i want to show what filter the user enter
exemple :
Data between 12/1/2007 and 4/20/2008
I did all that with this statement :
= "Briefing between "+ Parameters!FromDate.Value+ " and " +Parameters!ToDate.Value
but when i want to dispaly another filter it doesn't show up like this :
= "Briefing between "+ Parameters!FromDate.Value+ " and " +Parameters!ToDate.Value
IIf( Parameters!Company.Value!="",Parameters!Company.Value,"")
I am sorry i have to jump up into Sql reporting service without a good skills on expressions
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Nov 12, 2007
I'm trying to use the following as an expression in the format of a text box. (Reporting Services 2005)
=System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(First(Fields!JOB_NBR.Value, "main"), "(w{2})(w{4})(w{1})","$1-$2-$3")
however in the edit expression window, I have a red line under the word Replace.
The mouse over tells me it is a "unrecognized identifier"
Any idea's
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Mar 1, 2014
I need to verify data in a column and do pattern matching on the string in each field.
I've create a CLR Function that will verify the element against the patter and return a True or Fales....
I have only used reg expressions once and am struggling mightly. I'm bacially here. A
I need to match a pattern that each word in the string will be a Capital letter.
ex. The beginning of the day - Fail
ex. The Beginning Of The Day - Pass
[URL] .....
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Oct 16, 2013
this query is running fine in 2008 , but its not working in 2005 below is the error Msg 8115, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type int.there is some problem in converting date in cte
with a
as
(
SELECT dbname = DB_NAME(database_id) ,
[DBSize] = CAST( ((SUM(ms.size)* 8) / 1024.0) AS DECIMAL(18,2) )
,
COALESCE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(12), MAX(bus.backup_finish_date), 101),'01/01/1900') AS LastBackUpTime
FROM sys.master_files ms
inner join msdb.dbo.backupset bus ON bus.database_name = DB_NAME()
[code]....
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Apr 29, 2015
I have these two queries I would like to join, however the later is a grouped query how can I join it with the first query? Has to be joined on EventId. The second query is a total table scan.
SELECT AH.EventID,
AH.TechnicalAddress, AH.AlarmAlias, AH.AlarmPath as [OrgAlarmPath], AH.AlarmCounter as AlarmCount, AH.EventDateTime as EventTime,
AH.[Priority], AH.AlarmMessage, AH.EventText, AH.CallListName, AH.AlarmReadDate as EndTime,
AH.alh_EventEndedUserRemark as [EndRemark] --, SUM(seconds) here, and AlarmSessions here
FROM AlarmHistory AH
[Code] ...
2)
WHERE ia.EventTypeId = 0
group by ia.EventId
order by EventId desc
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Aug 16, 2007
Guys ... got a puzzle kinda problem am stuck up with so asking for your help (after all .. you are the gurus)... What i need to do is append Src. to any column name that comes in the expression. Here we go ... and the last query is part of what I was coming up with ... not exactly working :) Create Table ColumnNames(ColumnName varchar(256))goInsert into ColumnNamesSelect 'name'UNIONSelect 'dbid'UNIONSelect 'sid'UNIONSelect 'mode'UNIONSelect 'status'UNIONSelect 'status2'UNIONSelect 'crdate'UNIONSelect 'reserved'UNIONSelect 'category'UNIONSelect 'cmptlevel'UNIONSelect 'filename'UNIONSelect 'version'goDeclare @Expression varchar(256)Select @Expression = 'dbid = 1 AND cmptlevel = 100' Select replace(@Expression,ColumnName,'Src.'+ColumnName) from ColumnNames Where charindex('Src.',replace(@Expression,ColumnName,'S rc.'+ColumnName)) <> 0
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Jul 15, 2010
Within the MDX "Action expression" of a url-action I need to replace some text from a string that is used in building the URL.
replace("hellowhatever","what","")
The above syntax errors out, is this type of formatting possible with MDX action expressions?
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May 29, 2015
I have a SQL text column from SP_who2 in table #SqlStatement:
like 1row shown below :
"update Panel set PanelValue=7286 where PanelFirmwareID=4 and PanelSettingID=9004000"
I want to find what table and column names are in the text ..
I tried like below ..
Select B.Statement from #sp_who2 A
LEFT JOIN #SqlStatement B ON A.spid = B.spid
where B.Statement IN (
SELECT T.name, C.name FROM sys.tables T
JOIN sys.columns C
ON T.object_id=C.object_id
WHERE T.type='U'
)
Something like this : find the column names and tables name
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Apr 26, 2006
I'm importing a csv-file delimited with semicolons. Firstly I LTRIM the columns "in place" and the data imports fine. All the numbers in right columns in the target table. Then I add another Derived Colum Transformation to replace decimal character comma (,) to a dot (.) in order to convert the string/varchar value to numeric. But here I run into trouble. Running the task ends in success but the result in the target table (same as above) is not. All the commas are now dots as expected but what is worse is that SSIS have added values in cells that should not be there. I get values in cells that shoud be empty!
Shortly: Only LTRIM([Column1]) as expression and "Derived Column" as Replace 'Column1' works OK.
But adding REPLACE-expression (i.e REPLACE(LTRIM([Column1]) , "," , ".") to this breaks things up
I'm aware that I could do this with SQL but this is not the point...
Any ideas?
BR Jompe
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Sep 13, 2006
To ensure I don't leave orphans floating around in tables when records get deleted (values from one record might link to values in another) how do I find and possibly replace values in tables?For example, if I have a unit of measure table and want to delete the value "inches", how do I look in other tables to find this value and give the user the option to cancel or clear it out. If I don't it will cause controls bound to that value like the dropdownlist to throw an error.
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Apr 30, 2004
Does anybody know how to search through all stored procedures (in SQL Server 2000) and find and replace text without having to open each one individually in Query Analyzer and doing so one at a time?
That would be so time consuming. I want to be able to change my table names, but I have so many stored procedures allready using the old names. To go and find each name and replacing them is a task I don't want to even try and do.
Thank you to whomever can help.
Alec
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Jan 4, 2007
Hi I run a find and replace in my script to replace some key words.
Little did I know that in SQL Server 2005 that it actually finds and replaces ALL query windows open for that database.
Any ideas on how I can turn this setting off? so that it only finds/replaces within the query window that I am using.
Thanks in Advance!
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Jan 9, 2008
Hello,
Wondering if anyone may have any advice on how to do this?
I need to do Find/Replace of text in a varchar field so that it looks for text I want then it replaces that text with the new text and updates the field with that specific change, leaving everything else intact.
And I need to do this for every row in a table.
Thanks in advance!!
--PhB
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Jan 23, 2008
Hello All,
I have a master file with
Slcode Sldesc
S0001 Furniture & Fittings
S0002 Investments
S0003 Coolie & Cartage
I want to find the ampersand character in between and replace with and.
Nirene
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Feb 6, 2008
Hi guys,
I am looking for some syntax to help me with a traditional search/replace style requirement. I am wanting to examine the contents of one column and populate another.
similar to this SQL case statement
CASE ProductLine
WHEN 'R1' THEN 'Road'
WHEN 'M1' THEN 'Mountain'
WHEN 'T1' THEN 'Touring'
WHEN 'S2' THEN 'Other sale items'
ELSE 'Not for sale'
END,
the twist is that R1, M1 etc. can appear anywhere in the ProductLine column.
thanks for any assistance you can provide.
regards,
Chris
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May 10, 2001
Is there a way (using a combination of "stuff" and patindex")
to do the following:
replace this --> 1 2 3 4 5
with this --> 12345
or better yet --> 1,2,3,4,5
note: these "spaces" are tab delimited!
any help would be appreciated!
TB
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May 30, 2007
Basically I want to do a find and replace.
All the rows where column1 starts with F: I want to replace with M:
I tried this without luck
update table
set left(column1,1)='M'
where
left(column1,1)='F'
thanks
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Dec 7, 2007
I was wondering how to do a find and replace with SQL? Would I use a SET statement?
I need to find a specific value and replace all of the results with a different value.
Thanks for all responses.
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Feb 21, 2008
Hi
acutally due to certain reason i have changed the few tables name in my database, but now i m facing problem in my software, i have alot of procedures and function as well in my database and these are using old table name,
Is there any script that i can use to replace the name of the tables.
i have checked few procedure/function in which i use table name with different style like [dbo].[tablename] and in some places i just use only [tablename].
Can anyone help me ?
Thanks and looking forward.
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