Search Char In String
Jan 11, 2006
Hi
Is there any function to seperate a sting (VARCHAR) into two based on a character in the string (e.g. '-').
In short is there "InStr" or "split" type function in T-SQL ? If not what is the alternative?
I have a column called "Range" (VarChar) in the table which has ranges like 1-14 or 15-49 etc.
I need to select records by compare a variable (numeric) against these ranges.
So for instace if the variable has 15 its in range 15-49.
I was thinking of spliting the range field into two so that comparison is possible.
Any suggestions?
thanks
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Jan 10, 2008
Hi Everyone-
i woder if someone know Built in function to search the occurence of char in string in T-SQL
and iam not talking about the Index of the first occurence (e.g CHARINDEX )
but it is more generic
i want to send to the function to ask about the index the second or the third or N occurence of the char.
and i wonder if it is built in for performance reasons
example
getseachIndex("M|d|d","|",2)==> the result is 4
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Jul 10, 2006
I have a text field in a table that contains number along with chars.Is there a way i can write a query to show all the fields that containsjust Numbers or Char in a field??TBALE ExampleCOL1 : COL2(nvarchar)---------------------------100 345G01200 123456789300 GQ9220
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May 3, 2007
Hi guys, first post here. It's been a few years since I've worked with ODBC, so I'm a bit rusty. I'm having trouble figuring out how to use a char* string as a parameter for a SELECT statement. I'm trying to compare the contents of a varchar column (with size=20) against the string.
Here's the code that I'm using:
char* arg;
SQLINTEGER stringSize = 32;
retcode = SQLBindParameter(hstmt,
1,
SQL_PARAM_INPUT,
SQL_C_CHAR,
SQL_VARCHAR,
20,
0,
arg,
stringSize,
&stringSize);
retcode = SQLPrepare(hstmt,
(SQLCHAR*) "SELECT * "
"FROM myTable "
"WHERE (stringColumn = '?')",
SQL_NTS);
retcode = SQLExecute(hstmt);
retcode = SQLFetch(hstmt);
When SQLFetch() runs, it returns 100 (SQL_NO_DATA). If I type the query manually into my Enterprise Manager console, I get several results, so I know the query is correct. Any idea what I might be doing wrong with the ODBC calls?
Thanks!
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Sep 22, 2006
I am attempting to find quotes (") in a column and replace with the string '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'. Right now my script only converts the first quote it finds in the description column, converts to the string and moves to the next row leaving the other quotes as they were. Below is my query script
DECLARE @find varchar(8000),
@replace varchar(8000),
@patfind varchar(8000)
SELECT @find = '"',
@replace = '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'
SELECT @patfind = '%' + @find + '%'
UPDATE Incident
SET description = STUFF(convert( varchar(8000), description ),
PATINDEX( @patfind, description ),
DATALENGTH( @find ),
@replace )
WHERE description LIKE @patfind
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Sep 26, 2006
I am attempting to find quotes (") in a column and replace with the string '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'. Right now my script only converts the first quote it finds in the description column, converts to the string and moves to the next row leaving the other quotes as they were. Below is my query script
DECLARE @find varchar(8000),
@replace varchar(8000),
@patfind varchar(8000)
SELECT @find = '"',
@replace = '--THIS-WAS-QUOTES--'
SELECT @patfind = '%' + @find + '%'
UPDATE Incident
SET description = STUFF(convert( varchar(8000), description ),
PATINDEX( @patfind, description ),
DATALENGTH( @find ),
@replace )
WHERE description LIKE @patfind
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Jan 9, 2006
#1 This stored procedure can be used to search and replace substring in the char, nchar, varchar and nvarchar columns in all tables in the current database. You should pass the text value to search and the text value to replace. So, to replace all char, nchar, varchar and nvarchar columns which contain the substring 'John' with the substring 'Bill', you can use the following (in comparison with the SetTbColValues stored procedure, this stored procedure replace only substring, not the entire column's value):
EXEC replace_substring @search_value = 'John', @replace_value = 'Bill'
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Mar 2, 2000
Hi,
I have a table where this one column(varchar) has rows of data with a period at the end of the string. Is there any function I could use to remove all the periods?
For eg:
bhjio.
shtpl.
should become:
bhjio
shtpl
Thanks
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Jul 31, 2013
I have a string like aaannbbghtgggbbaa, I want a query to get count of characters in string like :
a 5
b 4
others 20
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Mar 10, 2015
I have a scenario where in I need to use a comma delimited string as input. And search the tables with each and every string in the comma delimited string.
Example:
DECLARE @StrInput NVARCHAR(2000) = '.NET,Java, Python'
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE titleName = '.NET' AND titleName='java' AND titleName = 'Python'
As shown in the example above I need to take the comma delimited string as input and search each individual string like in the select statement.
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Jan 31, 2008
I have used a query statement with the following WHERE string to 'Fill' a dataset.
"AND (A.ApptsDate > '" & strApptPreDate & "' OR (A.ApptsDate = '" & strApptPreDate & "' AND A.ApptsTime >= '" & strApptPreTime & "' ))" & _ and strApptPreTime is defined as:Dim strApptPreTime As String = SomaShared.strPadTime(CStr(dApptCalcNewDate.Hour) + ":" + CStr(dApptCalcNewDate.Minute))
Somehow, the dataset showed only the ApptsTime after 10 am. After more than 2 weeks of debugging, I still can see a dataset watch for > 10 amAppsTime only. Now I am guessting, the problem is 9 is different from 10 - 16, it all because 9 is single digit. Then I check the data type settings for these variables. Here are what I found:
In SQL Server Agent job, the ApptsTime data was 'inserted' by @NewApptTimes, which is declared as char(5).In SQL Server database, the ApptsTime was defined as nvarchar(15).
My question are: 1. The reason why there were no 9 am data for the dataset, is becasue 9 am of nvarchar(15) is not > 8:30 of strApptPreTime? 2. If the answer to the quation 1 is yes, how do I define AppsTime and/or strApptPreTime?
TIA,Jeffrey
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Oct 12, 2013
To change string '24.04.2013' (Apr. 24, 2013 format of dd-mm-yyyy) into a date in format of mm-dd-yyyy, what's the easiest way?
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Feb 16, 2006
I've been trying to return hex data in a way that can be concatenated.
I need the actual hex info (e.g. 0x6E3C070) as displayed
since it contains info about the path to a file.
So I can turn it into D:6E3C 7 to get the path to the file.
In searching around I have come across a way to do this but can't figure out how to get it to run through a column and either display or insert into a table multiple results.
-Here's the user function that converts an integer into a hex string-
CREATE FUNCTION udf_hex_string (@i int)
RETURNS varchar(30) AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @vb varbinary(8)
SET @vb = CONVERT(varbinary(8),@i)
DECLARE @hx varchar(30)
EXEC master..xp_varbintohexstr @vb, @hx OUT
RETURN @hx
END
GO
-Using this table-
create table
XPages
(PageStoreId int null,
HexString varchar (30) null,
VolumePath varchar (60) null, )
--'PageStoreId' contains the data that needs to be converted into the editable hex string
--'HexString' is where I'd like it to go so I can parse it later.
--I can run the below select and get the hex string. But am stuck on how to run a select or update that would run through the 'XPages.PagestoreId'
column and insert the hex string into the 'XPages.Hexstring' column. 'XPages.PagestoreId' could have 100's of entries that need to be converted and placed in the relevant the 'XPages.Hexstring' column.
SELECT dbo.udf_hex_string(1234)
Thanks
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Nov 21, 2007
Hi guys,
From my DTS is like this:
DTSDestination("Tex") = replace(DTSSource("Tex"),Chr(13) & Chr(10), "<br>")
And now I try unsuccesfully this one on a Derived Column task
REPLACE([Tex], Chr(13), " " )
TIA
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Sep 1, 2015
Is there way to search for the particular string and return the string after that searched string
SalesID
Rejection reason
21812
[code]....
The timeout period elapsed hence disqualified
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Aug 29, 2007
Hi,
What is the difference updating a null value to char/varchar type column
versus empty string to char/varchar type column?Which is the best to do and why?
Could anyone explain about this?
Example:
Table 1 : tCountry - Name varchar(80) nullable
Table 2 :tState - Name char(2) nullable
Table 3 :tCountryDetails - countryid,state (char(2) nullable) - May the country contain state or no state
So,when the state is not present for the country ,i have two options may be - null,''
tCountryDetails.State = '' or tCountryDetails.State = null?
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Dec 27, 2004
Hi,
I have an old db with streets names and another one with employees. I have to use both tables to check if an employee adress is ok, but I have the following problem:
Employee adress : 47th street nº12 2nd door b
street in db 47th street
The question is how to say to sql that searchs for the employee street in the streets db cause the employee addres is bigger than any streets in db and I have no results with street like '%47th street nº12 2nd door b%' or something like that.
What can I do?
Thanks so much
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Apr 26, 2002
I have a parameter that is a varchar(50)
and I want to know if there are any percent(%) signs in the string,
what function can I use for this?
I am looking for the T-SQL equivalent of InStr()
Thanks,
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May 15, 2008
Hi everybodyI have this query which need to extract names where I use the wildcard character % before and after the string to indicate that the string should not contain these characters but it is not working right .. Is there any way I could do that..SELECT name, famnameFROM inftable WHERE NAME NOT IN ('%socius%', '%rector%', '%superior%')In other words my result should not include those names that contains socius, rector, superior, this characters could begin with or in a middle of the field...thanks
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Aug 10, 2007
Hi,
Was wondering how you do the equivalent of an Oracle "Instr" function in TSQL, which returns the position of a string pattern in a specified string? I've looked through all the functions and can't find the equivalent.
Thanks
Simon
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Aug 10, 2007
Hi,
Is there a T-SQL equivalent of the Oracle "Instr" function, whereby I can retrieve the position of a one specified charactier string within another? I have looked through the list of string functions and can't find an equivalent, which suprises me!
Thanks
Simon
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Apr 25, 2008
For example
I want to search all the people in a database that names mary
I now that the sintax is something that looks like this.
SELECT Id, name
FROM Socios
WHERE (name LIKE '%string%')
But how i input this in the vs2008 query builder for it creates an automatic searchbox toolstrip?
I tried this but it didn't work
FROM Socios
WHERE (name LIKE ?)
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Sep 20, 2000
The procedure below is for a 3 field wildcard search window.
It works fine if you enter a value such as cheese in @product_name.
If you enter cheese in @product_name1 or @product_name2 it returns nothing.
The string builds OK with values inserted where they should be, obviously there is a problem in the looping back of variable.
I've been looking at this so long I'm sure that the obvious solution is staring me in the face, but I just can't see it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Alter PROCEDURE usp_RobSearchTest
(
@product_name nVarChar(100),
@product_name1 nVarChar(100),
@product_name2 nVarChar(100),
@country_id nchar (3),
@language_id nchar (2)
)
AS
DECLARE @Variable nVarChar (100)
DECLARE @SQLString NVARCHAR(1000)
DECLARE @ParmDefinition NVARCHAR(1000)
/* Build the SQL string once. */
SET @SQLString =
N'SELECT product_name,unit_price,item_id,refund_price
FROM PRODUCT_LISTING
WHERE product_name LIKE ''%' + @Product_name + '%''
ORDER BY product_name'
/* Specify the parameter format once. */
SET @ParmDefinition = N'@product_name nVarChar (100)'
/* Execute the string with the first parameter value. */
SET @Variable = @product_name
EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLString, @ParmDefinition,
@product_name = @Variable
/* IT WORKS UP TO THIS POINT */
/* Execute the same string with the second parameter value. */
SET @Variable = @product_name1
EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLString, @ParmDefinition,
@product_name1 = @Variable
/* Execute the same string with the third parameter value. */
SET @Variable = @product_name2
EXECUTE sp_executesql @SQLString, @ParmDefinition,
@product_name2 = @Variable
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Mar 8, 2006
Hello
I have a Database which contains like 1000 Tables.
I am not the designer of that DB.So I need to in which table and which column
that string exists. IS there a DBWIDE String search possible?
Thanks and Regards
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Jul 12, 2002
I need to search a string starting at the end to find the
last space in the string, so I can determine the position of the last word in
the string.
Any ideas on how to do this are greatly appreciated.
Kellie
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Sep 18, 2007
I am not very familiar with MS SQL, and I need to know how to search a table for a string. I know the column that it is in, but I don't know which record. I am looking for a small piece of text in a much larger text field (we are talkinga maybe a 10k char field and I am only looking for about a 15 char string).
How do I do this with a MSSQL query?
Thanks a bunch
Nevermind, i found PATINDEX(). That worked great.
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Oct 1, 2013
I have access to a database's web front end and a limited amount of access to the server.
I am trying to find out what column a certain string is in.
I can see some text on the front end via the web that a user enters and then submits. This information must go to the back end of the database but I dont know where it goes...
I am able to provide a unique Sequence number that it would be linked with and obviously I have the string that im looking for its column name but other then that I dont know what I can do.
I don't have write access to the database so I am unable to make procedures. I am also not really aware how the front end works or if I would be able to find the script that deals with the text after the user hits "save"...
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Jun 2, 2008
The '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
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Jan 18, 2008
I have at table that I want to update using another table which contains other values than those in the text column.
table1
id: text:
1 1111, 2222, 3333
2 1234, 2222
3 0123
table2
id: str:
1111 aaaa
2222 bbbb
3333 cccc
1234 qqqq
0123 oooo
I want to replace the text in table1 with the new values so that it looks like below:
table1
id: text:
1 aaaa, bbbb, cccc
2 qqqq, bbbb
3 oooo
My first idea was to split the text column in table1 and insert every new text with its id in a temporary table and then concaternate a new string and update the column.
But how do I manage this?
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Feb 25, 2008
Hi All,
Please help, it is urgent
I am having a colume as image datatype, in which candidates resume is stored in binary format.
I have to search for particular words for eg. "ASP.Net, 2 Years" into that column
I have converted that column as varchar and then searching above two words(after spliting them by comma) into that string using CHARINDEX
DECLARE @i int, @j int
SET @i = select MIN(ResumeId) from table_name
SET @j = select MAX(ResumeId) from table_name
WHILE (@i <= @j)
BEGIN
DECLARE @Resume varchar(max)
SET @Resume = CAST((select Resume from table_name where ResumeId=100) as varbinary(max))
--code to search the particular word from @Resume
END
It is working fine, but it is very slow, taking 2+ minutes to scan 15000 records
How can I make it faster or is there any other way to search?
Thanks in advance
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Feb 28, 2007
Hi,
I have a SQL server 2005 database with a series of multiple fields. One of the fields has a array of strings seperated by semi-colons like so: Red;Green;Blue
My question is, how can i run a query on all of the fields that have the value of say Green in it. Note that these values vary in different order and numbers.
Thanks
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May 18, 2007
Dear all
I am pretty new to SQL server 2005 and have the following issue:
I get the date from the asp applciation in format dd/mm/yyyy and then try to do a search for all records that might match that date in sql server 2005. The date is storred in ther database in datetime format.
I am having trouble composing the stored procedure to do that.
Any help would be apreciated.
Sincerely
d
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May 4, 1999
Hi,
Is it possible to search a field in a database, extract CERTAIN data, and insert THIS data into another field in another table?
Example:
Address
---------------------------------------------------
18 BerryWood Drive, Midland, Doncaster, Y09 2JF
I want to extract the postcode from this field into another field in another table....
Example 2:
Name
-----------
Ivor Smith
I wish to strip the last name from the field, and put this into a field in another table..
David
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