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oracle765
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Posted - 03/03/2013 : 22:14:53

I am running an update statement as follows
UPDATE dbo.BigTable
SET BigTable.Software_Version_Raw =
( CASE
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '1.%' THEN '1.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '2.%' THEN '2.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '3.%' THEN '3.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '4.%' THEN '4.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '5.%' THEN '5.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '6.%' THEN '6.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '7.%' THEN '7.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '8.%' THEN '8.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '9.%' THEN '9.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '10.%' THEN '10.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '11.%' THEN '11.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '12.%' THEN '12.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '13.%' THEN '13.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '14.%' THEN '14.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '15.%' THEN '15.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '16.%' THEN '16.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '17.%' THEN '17.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '18.%' THEN '18.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '19.%' THEN '19.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw LIKE '20.%' THEN '20.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '1' THEN '1.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '2' THEN '2.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '3' THEN '3.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '4' THEN '4.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '5' THEN '5.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '6' THEN '6.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '7' THEN '7.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '8' THEN '8.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '9' THEN '9.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '10' THEN '10.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '11' THEN '11.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '12' THEN '12.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '13' THEN '13.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '14' THEN '14.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '15' THEN '15.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '16' THEN '16.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '17' THEN '17.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '18' THEN '18.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '19' THEN '19.x'
WHEN dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = '20' THEN '20.x'
ELSE dbo.BigTable.Software_Version_Raw
END
)

is there an easier way to do this EG search through the string and look for the full stop something like if it says
version 10.3.6.1 just search for the first full stop and make it say 10.x

any help would be appreciated

A Lynch

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
47023 Posts

Posted - 03/03/2013 : 22:35:34


UPDATE dbo.BigTable
SET BigTable.Software_Version_Raw = REPLACE(BigTable.Software_Version_Raw,'.%','') + '.x'

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