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rnbguy
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2007-06-24 : 18:37:07
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| does anyone here know if this is possible using tsql, im trying to write a query which finds a result of a regular expression and uses that result to alter a row (set based approach):select examplea=resultAfrom tableAwhere patindex('%[^a-z][a-z][^a-z]%',a.address)!=0in this case I want resultA to be what matched the [a-z] in the pat index, i know this may not be clear or possible but thought id try, also i know i can just ad all the possibilities of a-z in another table and do it that way but am curious if theres another quicker way. |
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nr
SQLTeam MVY
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 08:04:26
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| select examplea=substring(a.address, patindex('%[^a-z][a-z][^a-z]%',a.address), 3)from tableAwhere patindex('%[^a-z][a-z][^a-z]%',a.address)!=0==========================================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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rnbguy
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
293 Posts |
Posted - 2007-06-26 : 21:01:35
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| mate i wish i could come upto u and shake ur hand, good work thanx :) |
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regular expression