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rookie_sql
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2009-06-17 : 06:32:13
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| Hi i've a column that as a varchae datatype as 1234 with a brackets each side of the value like (1234)i need to remove the brakcets but so far i've only used replace() and i need to do this twice in 2 temp tables is there any other way of removing the 2 brackets in one select statement as i need to insert the data into a new table column with the dattype of int. |
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khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)
17689 Posts |
Posted - 2009-06-17 : 06:36:52
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you can do it once with 2 replace()replace(replace(col, '(', ''), ')', '')
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2009-06-17 : 06:39:20
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SUBSTRING(Col, 2, LEN(Col) - 2)
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rookie_sql
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
443 Posts |
Posted - 2009-06-17 : 06:40:35
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| Thanks i never though of doing that it works fine.. |
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Removing brackets from a column text