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How to replace file extension?

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Posted - 2007-01-18 : 08:48:46

Adam writes "I have a column containing filenames & path. E.g. \\ServerName\FolderName\User\xxxxx.1 . The extension can be .1 or .2 or .999999. I need to rename them to .DOC. Any suggestion?

Thanks."

nr
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12543 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-18 : 09:05:08

left(path, len(path) - charindex('.',reverse(path))) + '.doc'

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Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.
DTS can be used in a similar way.
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harsh_athalye
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5581 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-18 : 09:16:42

or

Stuff(path, charindex('.', path) + 1, len(path) - charindex('.', path), 'Doc')

Harsh Athalye
India.
"The IMPOSSIBLE is often UNTRIED"

SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2007-01-18 : 09:26:12

Let's hope there is only one ".".

Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden

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