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gongxia649
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Posted - 2006-11-27 : 21:46:53

there are 5 hyphens. want to find it one by one.

set:
select ('wopipwier-lmklsdje-sdgbre-;erlsl;k-wertwer-wieroiu')

result:
col1|col2|col3 ....so on
- - -

harsh_athalye
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5581 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-27 : 22:26:33

How about?

Select
	'-' as Col1,
	'-' as Col2,
	'-' as Col3,
	'-' as Col4,
	'-' as Col5

Harsh Athalye
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jezemine
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Posted - 2006-11-27 : 23:01:54

is that a pregnant query? how can you tell?

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harsh_athalye
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5581 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-27 : 23:49:07

What is a pregnant query?

Harsh Athalye
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SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-28 : 00:37:11

Use nested CHARINDEX functions.

Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden

chiragkhabaria
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1907 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-28 : 01:31:26

quote:
Originally posted by gongxia649

there are 5 hyphens. want to find it one by one.

set:
select ('wopipwier-lmklsdje-sdgbre-;erlsl;k-wertwer-wieroiu')

result:
col1|col2|col3 ....so on
- - -

There are more then 5 hypens in the sample data which you have provided..

Can you post the right data with your sample output then surely someone over here can help you out..

Chirag

http://chirikworld.blogspot.com/

SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-28 : 01:32:37

Or you can use derived tables

-- prepare test data
declare	@t table (r varchar(200))

insert	@t
select	'wopipwier-lmklsdje-sdgbre-;erlsl;k-wertwer-wieroiu'

-- do the work
select	[1],
	[2],
	[3],
	[4],
	[5],
	SUBSTRING(r, 1, [1] - 1) part1,
	SUBSTRING(r, [1] + 1, [2] - [1] - 1) part2,
	SUBSTRING(r, [2] + 1, [3] - [2] - 1) part3,
	SUBSTRING(r, [3] + 1, [4] - [3] - 1) part4,
	SUBSTRING(r, [4] + 1, [5] - [4] - 1) part5,
	SUBSTRING(r, [5] + 1, 8000) part6
FROM	(
		select	r,
			[1],
			[2],
			[3],
			[4],
			[4] + charindex('-', substring(r, [4] + 1, 8000)) [5]
		from	(
				select	r,
					[1],
					[2],
					[3],
					[3] + charindex('-', substring(r, [3] + 1, 8000)) [4]
				from	(
						select	r,
							[1],
							[2],
							[2] + charindex('-', substring(r, [2] + 1, 8000)) [3]
						from	(
								select	r,
									[1],
									[1] + charindex('-', substring(r, [1] + 1, 8000)) [2]
								from	(
										select	r,
											CHARINDEX('-', r) [1]
										from	@t
									) a
							) b
					) c
			) d		
	) e

Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden

chiragkhabaria
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1907 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-28 : 02:02:40

OR May Somthing like this

for the split function
http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=50648


Select MAx(Col1) As Col1 ,Max(Col2) Col4 ,MAx(Col3) Col3 ,Max(Col4) Col4  From 
(
	Select 
		Case When [DATA] = 'wopipwier'  Then [DATA] End As Col1, 
		Case When [DATA] = 'lmklsdje'  Then [DATA] End As Col2,
		Case When [DATA] = 'sdgbre'  Then [DATA] End As Col3,
		Case When [DATA] = ';erlsl;k'  Then [DATA] End As Col4 
	FRom Dbo.Split('wopipwier-lmklsdje-sdgbre-;erlsl;k-wertwer-wieroiu','-')
) as f

also after you can do the dynamic queries... to get this result..

Chirag

http://chirikworld.blogspot.com/

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-28 : 02:05:54

I don't think you mean to hardwire the DATA, right?

Select MAx(Col1) As Col1, Max(Col2) Col2, Max(Col3) Col3, Max(Col4) Col4, Max(Col5) Col5, Max(Col6) Col6
From 
(
	Select 
		Case When ID = 1 Then [DATA] End As Col1, 
		Case When ID = 2 Then [DATA] End As Col2,
		Case When ID = 3 Then [DATA] End As Col3,
		Case When ID = 4 Then [DATA] End As Col4, 
		Case When ID = 5 Then [DATA] End As Col5,
		Case When ID = 6 Then [DATA] End As Col6 
	FRom Dbo.Split('wopipwier-lmklsdje-sdgbre-;erlsl;k-wertwer-wieroiu', '-')
) as f

Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden

chiragkhabaria
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1907 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-28 : 02:08:29

quote:

Originally posted by Peso

I don't think you mean to hardwire the DATA, right?

Select MAx(Col1) As Col1 ,Max(Col2) Col4 ,MAx(Col3) Col3 ,Max(Col4) Col4  From 
(
	Select 
		Case When ID = 1 Then [DATA] End As Col1, 
		Case When ID = 2 Then [DATA] End As Col2,
		Case When ID = 3 Then [DATA] End As Col3,
		Case When ID = 4 Then [DATA] End As Col4 
	FRom Dbo.Split('wopipwier-lmklsdje-sdgbre-;erlsl;k-wertwer-wieroiu', '-')
) as f

Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden

aha not really thatz why at the end i wrote this can be achive by the dynamic way too.... like a normal pivot queries...

I like your solution but if one - hypen increases you have to right one more level for sub query.. so what just wondering with it..

Chirag

http://chirikworld.blogspot.com/

madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-11-28 : 04:28:30

quote:
Originally posted by gongxia649

there are 5 hyphens. want to find it one by one.

set:
select ('wopipwier-lmklsdje-sdgbre-;erlsl;k-wertwer-wieroiu')

result:
col1|col2|col3 ....so on
- - -

Where do you want to show data?
If you use front end application, use split function there. Also if you store values seperated by hyphen, you need to read about Normalization

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

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