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qman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2011-08-23 : 20:01:13
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| I have a single column table which contains strung together data.I am trying to write a SQL statement which will substring the data in a certain format if the first character is a numeric value. If the first character is a space or alpha, substring a different way.Can anyone help me out with this?if columnA is numeric select substring(columnA, 2, 5) as secondspot from mytableif columnA is a space or alpha select substring(columnA,1, 4 ) as firstspot from mytable |
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harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2011-08-23 : 22:45:19
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| [code]select case when columnA like '[0-9]%' then substring(columnA, 2, 5) else substring(columnA,1, 4 ) endfrom mytable[/code]Harsh Athalyehttp://www.letsgeek.net/ |
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If/Else with Substring......