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KenA
Starting Member

28 Posts

Posted - 2006-10-04 : 15:59:36

Hi. Suppose I have a table where the description column has a pair value string separated by a comma:

[Descrition Column]
DEF LEPPARD , Historia / In The Round In Your Face
DEF LEPPARD , Live In Japan, Euphoria Tour 1999
DEF LEPPARD , Live In Toronto 1983
DEF LEPPARD , Visualize / Video Archive
...etc

How can I select just 'DEF LEPPARD' or just the right side of the comma?

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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2006-10-04 : 16:11:48

SELECT LEFT(YourColumn, PATINDEX('%,%', YourColumn) - 1)
FROM YourTable

Tara Kizer

KenA
Starting Member

28 Posts

Posted - 2006-10-04 : 17:01:24

Thanks Tara :-)
Another option I´ve found, is to use a custom split function like: http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2003/04/14/5569.aspx

»»» KenA

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