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GaryNull
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2012-12-11 : 21:23:38
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| Hi,I need to extract all the text before the first dash.For example the fields :COBRA DIGITAL - DPS-2300 WAND becomesCOBRA DIGITALandROYAL - 29421NbecomesROYALCan anyone help? thanks |
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singularity
Posting Yak Master
153 Posts |
Posted - 2012-12-11 : 21:30:25
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| select left(yourfield, charindex('-',yourfield)-1)from yourtable |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2012-12-11 : 21:31:20
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| [code]Select Substring(columnname,1,Charindex('-',columnname)-2) from Table[/code] |
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GaryNull
Starting Member
14 Posts |
Posted - 2012-12-11 : 22:02:21
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| thanks guys, both worked perfectly |
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Need to extract text before a dash