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djokerss
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2004-08-23 : 05:21:59
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| i have a field with data like this :A;AB;ABC;ABCDEi want to counting return the number of time (';' oranother char in that field.with this sample it return 3 when i ask ';'anyone can help me the syntact for than ? |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
12543 Posts |
Posted - 2004-08-23 : 05:25:00
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| select len(@str) - len(replace(@str,';','')==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.DTS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
11752 Posts |
Posted - 2004-08-23 : 05:37:37
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| nigel: i must say this is a great idea. this would never occur to me.... ok maybe in moment of enlightement :))Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow :) |
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djokerss
Starting Member
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Posted - 2004-08-23 : 21:39:45
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| thanks nr for your repply...it help me so much.. |
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return the number of times a char