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rwlopez
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2006-11-20 : 19:07:49
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| I am trying to parse a string in a SELECT Statement, but I am not sure of the approach to take. I am trying to do the following.ID1002*381003*851004*62I would like to return everything before the * in the data.100210031003 |
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Morlin
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Posted - 2006-11-20 : 19:31:27
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| Try this:SELECT ID1 = CASE WHEN (CharIndex('*', ID) > 0) THEN LEFT(ID, (CharIndex('*', ID) - 1)) ELSE ID ENDFROM [dbo].[IDTable]It also handles the case of no asterisk.Mike |
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