how to get last index of a word in a string

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how to get last index of a word in a string

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ashishtechie
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Posted - 2009-09-20 : 15:16:28

I have string in which I have some words repeated. I need to get the last index of a word in that string. For example, I need to get the last index of 'SELECT' in the below query:-

DECLARE @Query nvarchar(max)
SELECT @Query= 'DECLARE @x int DECLARE @y int SELECT @x=1 SELECT @y=1 SELECT @y'
DECLARE @LastIndexOfSelect INT

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ashish

jimf
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2875 Posts

Posted - 2009-09-20 : 17:20:05

Use REVERSE and find the first one
DECLARE @Query nvarchar(max)
SELECT @Query= 'DECLARE @x int DECLARE @y int SELECT @x=1 SELECT @y=1 SELECT @y'
DECLARE @LastIndexOfSelect INT

select reverse(@query),reverse('SELECT')
,patindex(reverse('%SELECT%') , reverse(@query)

Jim

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