MS SQL Server :: Using The REPLACE Function

Replace Function In SQL?

Oct 30, 2003

Hi,

I have a table with a field called productname, and it has about 5000 rows, and within that about 1000 have a productname that has 'NIB' in the name, ie "My Product NIB DVD" and I have been asked to replace 'NIB' with 'New' ie "My Product New DVD" Can I do this in SQL using an Update statement? Or do I have build something in maybe asp.net to use a replace function to change the name.

Thanks

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Using Replace Function

Aug 10, 2004

I am using MSDE. In this I have a field that contains a desciption. Prior to saving to the db, I replace all vbcrlf's to 's. That works fine when displaying in HTML, but when I display it in a datagrid, I want to replace the 's with vbcrlf's.

I thought I might be able to do it with a replace function in my SQL query, something like "Select ID, replace(Description, ' ', vbcrlf) as Description". This produces an error that vbcrlf is not a fieldname. So I tried "select replace(Description, ' ', 'xxx') as Description", and while this did not create an error, neither was the text replaced.

Am I not using the replace function correctly? Is there another way in which I might accomplish the task?

Dim ConnectionString As String = "server='(local)'; trusted_connection=true; database=dbname"
Dim CommandText As String

'Command text is greatly abreviated for this discussion.
CommandText = "Select ID, replace(Description, ' ', vbcrlf) as Description"

Dim myConnection As New SqlConnection(ConnectionString)
Dim myCommand As New SqlDataAdapter(CommandText, myConnection)

Dim ds As New DataSet()
Dim dv as new dataview()
myCommand.Fill(ds)

DataGrid1.DataSource = ds
DataGrid1.DataBind()
...
...
...

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Mar 28, 2006

I have a need to evaluate a parameter to use like keywords. (Not my server, so indexing is not available.) I can get the first scenario to work, but wanted to see about getting the syntax so I wouldn't have to exec the statement. If I run the first execute statement, I get three rows (accurate). If I run the second statement, I get no rows. Anybody help me out with the syntax? I've tried so many variations, I'm lost. Many thanks.

declare @key as varChar(50), @sql as varchar(1000)
set @key='flow afow'

set @sql='select myID from myTable where [title] like ''%' + replace(rtrim(ltrim(@key)),' ','%'' or [title] like ''%') + '%'''
exec(@sql)

select myID from myTable where [title] like '%' + replace(@key,' ', '%''' or [title] like '''%') + '%'

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May 17, 2002

I'm trying to replace some text in a field. It looks something like this:

63.73 Avail %= 36.27 Used space MB = 2609.34375 Free space MB = 1485.34765625

I only want the 63.73 number at the beginning. How do I put a wildcard to replace everything after it, starting with 'Avail...'?

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May 12, 2004

I want to perform Replace(searchstring, oldstring, newstring) like function in T-sql as same as in VB..

is there existing one or any other user-defined function?

thanks...

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Aug 12, 2004

Let's try this again.
When I try to use the replace function in my query it ignores the "<" and ">" characters, so that this query:select Description, replace(Description, '<', '* * *') as [Description 1] , replace(Description, 'br /', '? ? ?') as [Description 2] from TT_Projects
produces these results:
Description | Description 1 | Description 2
testsfv | testsfv | testsfv <? ? ?> I also tried to replace char(60) with no success.

Any ideas why this is happening?

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Oct 19, 2005

Hi,
I posted a request here and am still working on it when I landed on this bug.

select top 10 replace(comma_separated_string,',','giveaverylongp assagehere') from table

The function works fine if the comma separated string is small or if the passage is small. It fails for long passages..

Is this a mssql bug?

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Oct 15, 2007

how should i use replace function in sql statement??

in my scenario, user enters the meeting ID and i want that if user enters the meeting ID which includes apostrophe('), the stored procedure should remove the apostrophe before inserting it into database table.

my stored procedure accepts two parameters.
Is there any way to solve my problem??

Jaimin

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Apr 9, 2007

Hi,Please find the below scenarioOriginal Tablecourse branch_existBY0UI1PO1LI0MK1select REPLACE(branch_exist,1,'yes') as branch from university;displayscourse branch_existBY0UIYesPOYesLI0MKYesWhat i need iscourse branch_existBYNoUIYesPOYesLINoMKYesSql-Server replace function only accepts three arguments, anysuggestions will be greatly welcomed!

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Oct 16, 2007

Hi,
We have this syntax from Microsoft for Replace function:

REPLACE ( string_expression1 , string_expression2 , string_expression3 )

I want to search for two keywords and not only one:
images and images/ (second one is with back slash.

Is it possible to include something like:

images/ OR images in expression2 like

REPLACE ( string_expression1 ,'images/ OR images', string_expression3 )

I want something like that, how do I get that please?

Thank you.

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May 20, 2008

I have 2 tables
1) One With ExchangeRates
a. CurrencyCode ValidFromPeriod Rate
b. EX1 200801 1
c. EX1 200803 2
d. EX1 200805 3
2) One with just OrderHeaders
a. ID CurrencyCode Period
b. 1 EX1 200801
c. 2 EX1 200802
d. 3 EX1 200803
e. 4 EX1 200804
f. 5 EX1 200805

The Idea is to link these orderheaders with their correct ExchangeRate. Which I only managed to do by using a function. Is there a beter (faster) way to do it?

Code Snippet
SELECT OrderHeaders.ID, OrderHeaders.CurrencyCode, OrderHeaders.Period, dbo.GetExchangeRate(OrderHeaders.CurrencyCode, OrderHeaders.Period) AS ExchangeRate FROM OrderHeaders

FUNCTION GetExchangeRate
@CurrencyCode VarChar(3),
@Period int
BEGIN
DECLARE @VarResult Float
SET @VarResult =0
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Return @VarResult
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Aug 7, 2007

heyi'm having a problem with a stored procedure, to cut a long story short i need to replace apostrophe's in my text, like soSET @prOtherValue = REPLACE(@prOtherValue,''', '''')this doesn't work thowhats the work aroundcheers!!!!

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Nov 2, 2005

does anyone know where i can find a user defined function that replaces accented characters with their normal ones

i want to replace all accented characters since for some reason sql server does not store the characters properly, or when they exported to excel for html they are displayed incorrectly

thanks

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Feb 13, 2014

i have column in table which contains tabs and " i want replace with space...i am using repalce function is thier other way to improve performance with out using replace function.

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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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Jul 1, 2015

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Col1 Col2
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3 This alert occurs when service jobs run on
https://abc.def.com/default/_workitem/10118
10 This alert fired to indicated that error with
https://abc.def.com/default/_workitem/10150
to
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https://abc.def.com/default/_workitem/11111
3 This alert occurs when service jobs run on
https://abc.def.com/default/_workitem/11111
10 This alert fired to indicated that error with
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Apr 17, 2014

I'm looking for a way to pull off a complex find+replace within some code, as follows:

@step_name = N'SAME - OCF Collins (Tabard)', @command = N'DTSRun /~Z0x5F4F7B0688825E7544AC46CFD664F98AC ', @database_name = N'

We have over 200 variants of the above, but following the same syntax (@step_name, Dbname, @Command etc...

Rules:

1) Note the unique identifier "~Z0x5F4F7B0688825E7544AC46CFD664F98AC". I would like it replaced for whatever is between "@step_name = N'" , and @command = N'DTSRun ; (this will form a filename).

2) Note the 'DTSRun /' string. I'd like that replaced with Dtexec /F "D:MyFileLocationFolderHere" (this folder remains constant).

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Jul 20, 2005

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Jul 9, 2007

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May 22, 2015

using below code to replace the city names, how to avoid hard coding of city names in below query and get from a table.

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'JRK_Ikosium', 'Icosium'), 'JRK_Géryville', 'El_Bayadh'),'JRK_Cirta', 'Constantine'),'JRK_Rusicade', 'Philippeville'),
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Feb 7, 2006

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Mar 22, 2007

Hello All.

Hopefully someone out there will have an idea as this isdriving me nuts.
Ihave some sample problem. I want to use function replace() on Derived Column.
For example.
when strDate = 2007/03/22

I used ==> replace(strDate, "/", "") ==> 20060322

But If strTest = "123.10" ====>> 123.10

How can i do to replace ( " )double qoute ?
by function replace()

what is a statement for replace (") in Derived Column ?

please tell me for this event.

any suggesstion appreciated
Thank you very much.

Chonnathan

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Original data in a varchar(30) column:
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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My current function is replacing the data like this:
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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RETURNS TABLE

AS

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GO

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I tried to get the result out of the "dbo.AuthorsForState" by executing the following sql script:

shcInlineTableFNresult.sql:

USE pubs

GO

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GO

I got the following error message:

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