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                                    | nordPosting Yak  Master
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2013-10-30 : 13:18:04 
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                                            | Hi,I have 2 fields in different tables,I need to find strim=ng in another string for example:column1     column 2  '10'          '10','11','12','13'  '1','2','3'    '1','2','3','4','5'Thanks for help |  |  
                                    | nordPosting Yak  Master
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2013-10-30 : 13:21:42 
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                                          | Hi,I have 2 fields in different tables,I need to find strim=ng in another string for example:column1                        column 2'10'                          '10','11','12','13''1','2','3'                   '1','2','3','4','5'Thanks for help |  
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                                    | visakh16Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2013-10-30 : 13:24:49 
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                                          | do you mean this? SELECT *FROM TableWHERE ',' + column2 + ',' LIKE '%,' + column1 + ',%'------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs |  
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                                    | nordPosting Yak  Master
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2013-10-30 : 13:39:18 
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                                          | Yes,thankshow I can do it with charindex? |  
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                                    | visakh16Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2013-10-30 : 13:43:25 
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                                          | why? whats the issue with provided suggestion?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs |  
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                                    | visakh16Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2013-10-30 : 13:46:09 
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                                          | you need PATINDEX and not CHARINDEX as its pattern search SELECT *FROM TableWHERE PATINDEX('%,' + column1 + ',%',',' + column2 + ',')>0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs |  
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                                    | nordPosting Yak  Master
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2013-10-30 : 13:49:28 
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                                          | Thanks |  
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