Hi everyone -
I need to remove the formatting characters
from the phone field in the database.
The data entry scrubber did not perform correct,
and now, a LOT of records have the ( in the field.
Is there a quick way to remove the ( from the field in the database??
MSSQL 2000
thanks
tony
I have a phone number field.
I would like to remove the hypens and brackets.
Do anyone know of any functions, I can use to accomplish this??
Thanks in advance!
--Vic
Hello,
I need to strip out all alpha chars and spaces in a given field and return only the numbers.
I've tried =CInt(Fields!Info.Value) and get an unexplained error. If the data was formatted consitantly I could simply do a RTrim or Right, but the number strings are not the same, some have spaces as in phone numbers (1 800 555 1212) or don't have a leading 1. Most instances are correct for my purpose (8005551212).
Any help would be appreciated.
UPDATE: Using the Replace function =Replace(Fields!Info.Value, " ","") gets me almost there. Now I should be able to use a Right, 10 function to return my desired value. Is it possible to combine these two funtions together?
I have a field name call firstname and other field middleinit, now the table contains data. and i want to extract data, the firstname field sometimes contains the middle initial, for for example JOHH D.
now I would like to set the firstname field with JOHN only and and set the middleinit field like D only
thanks
Hi,
I'm trying to create a case function for home phone ,work phone and cell phone. The thing is some of the home phone numbers either null, zero or less than 10 digits then i'd like to get either cell phone or work phone if they are not null, zero or less than 10 digits.
I'd appreciate it if you could help me on this?
Thanks in advance.
I have a column of phone numbers that have formatting such as (xxx)xxx-xxxx,
or xxx.xxx.xxxx or xxx.xxx-xxxx; however, not all phone numbers are formatted in this fashion. I need to remove all characters and only leave behind numeric digits to look like xxxxxxxxxx. I have tried select replace(colname,'-','') from table. This does the trick but does not actually change the values in the column. Any help in accomplishing this would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
Paul
How to remove non alpha chars from a column ?
I googled the following code
Create Function [dbo].[RemoveNonAlphaCharacters](@Temp VarChar(1000))
Returns VarChar(1000)
AS
Begin
[code]....
Is there any way to print variables more than 255 from ISQL on DOS
eg:-
DECALRE @Var1 (255)
DECALRE @Var2 (255)
SELECT @Var1 = 'a long line of 255 chars' -- a long line of 255 chars
SELECT @Var2 = 'a long line of 255 chars' -- a long line of 255 chars
-- I wish to print
PRINT @Var1+@Var2 -- that is 510 chars
-- (i dont wish to use SELECT @Var1+@Var2)
any body???
thanks in advance
domini
Hello,
I have a phone number field with the format (123)-456-7890 I need to convert this to 1234567890 formats while I am retrieving data from the table. How can I do this?
What's the maximum number of characters that varchar field will take? I read somewhere that it's 8k, but I may have misunderstood.
I have to potentially store 100k+ chars in a field.
What's the best way to do this?
Thanks,
--PhB
--PhB
Hi,
I need to formate one of my phone number field in SQL. now the data in the field is: 1234567890. I would like to formate the number to 123-456-7890. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks.
Nicole
I tried searching forums for the last hour and could not find much.
Rather then doing...
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(RE PLACE(ISNULL(PHONE, ''), ' ', ''), '(', ''), ')', ''), '-', ''), '.', ''), ':', ''), '+', '')
I was hoping there was an equally efficient alternative that utilizes PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', PHONE)
to some capacity (i.e. uses regular expressions to strip all non-numeric characters from the phone field)
I am certain this has been addressed before, just not sure if the "REPLACE to the nth degree" is the only solution.
THANKS!
I need to strip some puntcuation from any field in a given table.I'd rather like to avoid using the replace () for each field in thetable.Anyone have a nifty way do this?Is there a special name that I can use in the replace that means theentire row?(other than syntax, something like REPLACE(@ROW,CHAR(39),'') )tiaRob
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi there - I would like to share this strip of code with our SQL 2000DBA community. The code below strips all non-numeric characters from agiven string field and rebuilds the string. Very simple, but I had tobuild it from scratch due the lack of info on this specific matter. Iam sure there are better solutions out there, although I will be gladif this script can help anyone. Feel free to modify and comment itback.Regards,Rubem Linn JuniorMCSE, .NET developerWeb Apps Specialist------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN---------------------------------------------------DECLARE @String_Length AS INTEGER -- Length of the given stringDECLARE @Original_String as NVARCHAR(50) -- The field to stripnon-numeric charsDECLARE @counter as integer -- simple counter variableDECLARE @Stripped_String as nvarchar(50) -- The field after beenstripped-- Get the length of the field (string) to be parsedSELECT @String_Length = len(someStringField) FROM SomeTable WHEREFilterID = 001-- Get the field (string) to be parsedSELECT @Original_String = someStringField FROM SomeTable WHEREFilterID = 001-- Set counter variable to 1SELECT @counter = 1-- Reset this variableSELECT @Stripped_String = ''-- Initiate loop from 1 to the Length of the given stringWHILE (@counter) <= @String_LengthBEGIN-- Check if the char in the lap is numericif substring(@Original_String,@counter,1) LIKE '[0-9]'BEGIN-- Load this variable with the non-numeric-- data stripped from the original stringselect @Stripped_String = @Stripped_String +substring(@Original_String,@counter,1)END-- Increment the counter by oneselect @counter = @counter + 1END-- Print the original string with all charactersPRINT @Original_String-- Print the numeric data that was stripped outPRINT RTRIM(LTRIM(@Stripped_String))
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I have a table in SQL Server 2000 which has few triggers. When I try to update a record in that table, I get following message:
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Say I have a column called 'NAME' in a table called 'CLIENT' and the values in NAME are Surnames or company names like:
NAME
----------------------
1-FOR-ALL
A.B. SMITH (TOOLS LTD)
BROWN
THOMSON
VW CAR SALES
I want my select to return the first 3 characters, excluding special characters (only characters between 1 and z).
In example, the following would be returned for the data above:
NAME
----------------------
1FO
ABS
BRO
THO
VWC
Say I have a column called 'NAME' in a table called 'CLIENT' and the values in NAME are Surnames or company names like:
NAME
----------------------
1-FOR-ALL
A.B. SMITH (TOOLS LTD)
BROWN
THOMSON
VW CAR SALES
I want my select to return the first 3 characters, excluding special characters (only characters between 1 and z).
In example, the following would be returned for the data above:
NAME
----------------------
1FO
ABS
BRO
THO
VWC
Hi All
I have loaded some data to the application using flat files
which has non english chars.
all the columns in the database are NVARCHAR type.
but in db and in application UI, the non english chars are being diplayed as junk chars. ???121
The application supports UTF-8 format
is there any setting at db level to be modified to display the non english char set as is.
Thanks
Hi,
I am very new to using SSIS.
Trying to import data from MS Access 2000.
I receive the error "
[OLE DB Destination [1907]] Warning: Truncation may occur due to inserting data from data flow column "GENDER" with a length of 255 to database column "GENDER" with a length of 2. " on the source flow.
I have done some googling and came up with this post: http://torontosql.dotnetnuke-portal.com/Default.aspx?tabid=32233 which I thought may help, but it does not.
The query against the access datasource features the column: iif([sex]=1, 'm', 'f'). I tried using left(..., 2) as well, but SSIS is determind to treat the field as 255 characters for some reason.
I don't even particualrly care that the field is 255 chars and the sources is only two, I just want the data in! I have other fields coming up with similar error.
Can someone please advise?
PS, what is th significance of the "External Columns" Vs "Output Columns" on the Input and Output Properties tab in Advanced Editor?
I am really struggling with SSIS, it is not as intuitive as DTS.
I cannot see to find how to uninstall SQL 6.5 client from a users PC..
Please can somone advise..
Many Thanks
Darren
Hi All,
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Anupama
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I want to remove the literal "#" from a field. STE # 101 should be STE 101. The # is a pattern for a number. How do I remove an actual "#" ?
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Frank
Is there any way to remove tabs from text fields? I see tabs at the end when I import the data in Excel.
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I have two columns COLUMNA & COLUMNB
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They are stored like this YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
I get this error message when I try to connect to Reporting Services via the Management Studio.
I can see my machine listed in the Server Name > Browse For More > Local Servers dialogue. But no luck,
Ive tried:
Servername: localhost
Servername: DED1774 (the machine name)
Servername: localhost/reportserver
Servername: DED1774/reportserver
Servername: http://ded1774/reportserver (from the rsreportserver.config file
<UrlRoot>http://ded1774/reportserver</UrlRoot>)
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in our database is saved by 6 decimal places, whether the value has no values ??in decimal position. Field type is of type nvarchar.
How do I remove these "laggards spirit" in the best and smartest way.
Ex:
100.000000 will be 100
100.001000 will be 100.001
100.000001 will be be 100.000001
100.100000 will be be 100.1
and so on...
I have a field that contains some text. Each field will have none or atleast one comment in it. A comment can be a string of any length with *** on both sides. Ex: ***comment***
Declare @Test_tbl Table(TextField Text)
Insert Into @Test_tbl
Select 'Some text ***comment*** some more text' Union all
Select 'Other text ***another comment*** more and more text' Union all
Select '***Comment*** some text ***More Comments***' Union all
Select 'some text with no comment'
I need the output be ...
TextField
--------------
Some text some more text
Other text more and more text
some text
some text with no comment
Thanks in advance.
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I have a 'notes' field. Entries in there are time-stamped as well. so lines
looks sort of below...
01/01/2001 10:00 am
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etc
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Derek
hi all,
i am having a problem. In my table i have defined a logtime field as a datatype datetime. Now i want to query the table on a particular date which is not possilbe i supposed. so how can i break the datetime field into date field. Is there any method.... I don't want to create the table once again.
manish
I need to expand the size of one column which has been defined as varchar(32) to varchar(50).Is this possible?Already there are many old records in the table,in what way it will effect the old records?Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!!