How to fix all caps to normal case - sql

I have a sql table that contains an employee's full name in all caps (i.e. SMITH-EASTMAN,JIM M).
I need to be able to separate the full name into two separate columns (Last Name and First Name). This part is going well. Now I could use some assistance with removing the capital letters and putting it in normal case.
How can I take the results of my common table expression and pass them into a function?
WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT FullName = [Employee Name],
LastName = SUBSTRING([Employee Name], 1, CHARINDEX(',',[Employee Name])-1),
FirstNameStartPos = CHARINDEX(',',[Employee Name]) + 1,
MidlleInitialOrFirstNameStartPos = CHARINDEX(' ',[Employee Name]),
MiddleInitialOrSecondFirstName = SUBSTRING([Employee Name], CHARINDEX(' ',[Employee Name]),LEN([Employee Name])),
MiddleInitialOrSecondFirstNameLen = LEN(SUBSTRING([Employee Name], CHARINDEX(' ',[Employee Name]),LEN([Employee Name]))) - 1
FROM ['Med-PS PCN Mapping$']
WHERE [PS Employee ID] IS NOT NULL
),
CTE2 AS
(
SELECT FullName = CTE.FullName,
DerivedFirstName = CASE
WHEN CTE.MiddleInitialOrSecondFirstNameLen = 1
THEN SUBSTRING(CTE.FullName, CTE.FirstNameStartPos, CTE.MidlleInitialOrFirstNameStartPos - CTE.FirstNameStartPos)
ELSE SUBSTRING(CTE.FullName, CTE.FirstNameStartPos, CTE.FirstNameStartPos + CTE.MiddleInitialOrSecondFirstNameLen)
END,
DerivedLastName = CTE.LastName
FROM CTE
)
SELECT *
FROM CTE2
RESULTS
FullName DerivedFirstName DerivedLastName
SMITH-EASTMAN,JIM M JIM SMITH-EASTMAN
O'DAY,MARTIN C MARTIN O'DAY
TROUT,MADISON MARIE MADISON MARI TROUT
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[FixCap] ( #InputString varchar(4000) )
RETURNS VARCHAR(4000)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #Index INT
DECLARE #Char CHAR(1)
DECLARE #PrevChar CHAR(1)
DECLARE #OutputString VARCHAR(255)
SET #OutputString = LOWER(#InputString)
SET #Index = 1
WHILE #Index <= LEN(#InputString)
BEGIN
SET #Char = SUBSTRING(#InputString, #Index, 1)
SET #PrevChar = CASE WHEN #Index = 1 THEN ' '
ELSE SUBSTRING(#InputString, #Index - 1, 1)
END
IF #PrevChar IN (' ', ';', ':', '!', '?', ',', '.', '_', '-', '/', '&', '''', '(')
BEGIN
IF #PrevChar != '''' OR UPPER(#Char) != 'S'
SET #OutputString = STUFF(#OutputString, #Index, 1, UPPER(#Char))
END
SET #Index = #Index + 1
END
RETURN #OutputString
END
GO
select [dbo].[FixCap] (pass in DerivedFirstName from CTE2);
select [dbo].[FixCap] (pass in DerivedLastName from CTE2);

Do you want something like INITCAP ?
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.F_INITCAP (#PHRASE NVARCHAR(max))
RETURNS NVARCHAR(max)
WITH RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT
AS
BEGIN
IF LEN(#PHRASE) < 1 RETURN #PHRASE;
DECLARE #I INT = 1, #C CHAR(1), #P BIT = 0, #OUT VARCHAR(max) = '';
WHILE #I <= LEN(#PHRASE)
BEGIN
SET #C = SUBSTRING(#PHRASE, #I, 1);
IF #C BETWEEN 'A' AND 'Z' COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI
BEGIN
IF #P = 0
SET #OUT = #OUT + UPPER(#C);
ELSE
SET #OUT = #OUT + LOWER(#C);
SET #P = 1
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET #P = 0;
SET #OUT = #OUT + LOWER(#C);
END
SET #I = #I + 1;
END
RETURN #OUT;
END
GO

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MSG 537 :Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function

when i create a function in sql server 2012 , in this function
CREATE FUNCTION howords (#str nvarchar(50), #word nvarchar(50))
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #tempstr nvarchar(max)
DECLARE #space int
DECLARE #count int
DECLARE #size int
SET #count = 0
WHILE (LEN(#str) >= 0)
BEGIN
SET #space = CHARINDEX(' ', #str, 1)
SET #tempstr = LEFT(#str, (#space - 1))
IF (#tempstr = #word)
SET #count = #count + 1
SET #size = LEN(#tempstr)
IF (((LEN(#str)) - #space) > 0)
SET #str = SUBSTRING(#str, #space + 1, ((LEN(#str)) - #space))
IF (((LEN(#str)) - #space) <= 0)
BEGIN
IF (#str = #word)
SET #count = 0
WHILE (LEN(#str) > 0)
BEGIN
SET #space = CHARINDEX(' ', #str + 1)
SET #tempstr = LEFT(#str, (#space - 1))
IF (#tempstr = #word)
SET #count = #count + 1
SET #size = LEN(#tempstr)
IF (((LEN(#str)) - #space) > 0)
SET #str = SUBSTRING(#str, #space + 1, ((LEN(#str)) - #space))
IF (((LEN(#str)) - #space) <= 0)
BEGIN
IF (#str = #word)
SET #count = #count + 1
BREAK
END
END
END
END
RETURN #count
END
when i exec this query
select dbo.howords ('hello my hello','hello' )
i want to give me count (2)
but it give me an error
MSG 537 :Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.
any help?
Try this
DECLARE #tosearch VARCHAR(MAX)='Hello'
DECLARE #string VARCHAR(MAX)='hello my hello'
SELECT (DATALENGTH(#string)-DATALENGTH(REPLACE(#string,#tosearch,'')))/DATALENGTH(#tosearch)
AS OccurrenceCount

Check a chunk of text for tilde and ensure they are 60 characters apart. If not place a tilde inbetween

I currently have a function in SQL that places a tilde every 60 characters, but the original text already has tilde's so , basically I want to change that if there is a tilde and the next tilde is under 60 characters away, then skip to the next tilde. If its over 60 characters, then only then place a extra tilde.
My current function looks like;
function [dbo].[AddTilde] (
#string varchar(max),
#count int
)
returns varchar(max)
as
begin
declare #result varchar(max) = ''
declare #token varchar(max) = ''
while DATALENGTH(#string) > 0
begin
select #token = left(#string, #count)
select #string = REPLACE(#string, #token, '')
select #result +=#token +case when DATALENGTH(#string)=0 then '' else '~' end
end
return #result
end
Any help appreciated
Many Thanks
DECLARE #string1 VARCHAR(max),
#string2 VARCHAR(max) = '',
#i1 INT,
#i2 INT
SET #string1 = '12345678901234567890~1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890'
WHILE LEN(#string1) > 0
BEGIN
SET #i1 = CHARINDEX('~',#string1)
SET #i2 = #i1 - (ABS(#i1-60) + (#i1-60)) / 2 -- MINIMUM OF ~ LOCATION AND 60
SET #i1 = LEN(#string1)
IF #i2 = 0 SET #i2 = #i1 - (ABS(#i1-60) + (#i1-60)) / 2 -- MINIMUM OF LENGTH OF #string1 LOCATION AND 60
IF #i2 < 60
BEGIN
SET #string2 = #string2 + LEFT(#string1,#i2)
SET #string1 = RIGHT(#string1,#i1-#i2)
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET #string2 = #string2 + LEFT(#string1,60) + '~'
SET #string1 = RIGHT(#string1,#i1-60)
END
END
Results: 12345678901234567890~123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890~1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
This is based on my String Splitting function, which has a very good performance.
This function should be quite efficient, albeit hard to understand (I have added a few commenets in attempt to make it easier).
You can change internal parameters easily e.g. #Delimitor can be multiple characters
Test cases are included at the bottom.
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[AddTilde]
(
#String VARCHAR( MAX ),
#Count INT
)
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #CurrentPosition BIGINT, #NextDelimiterPosition BIGINT, #NextFixedPosition BIGINT, #NextPosition BIGINT,
#DelimiterLength INT, #Delimiter VARCHAR( 5 ), #Result VARCHAR( MAX )
-- Initialise
SET #Delimiter = '~'
SET #DelimiterLength = LEN( #Delimiter )
SET #Result = ''
-- Ensures we can terminate loop without using an extra IF condition, saves a few = 0 checks
SET #String = #String + #Delimiter
SET #CurrentPosition = 1
-- Check for next Tilde position
SET #NextDelimiterPosition = CHARINDEX( #Delimiter, #String, #CurrentPosition )
-- Initialise fixed increment position
SET #NextFixedPosition = #Count
-- Compare, which one is earlier and use that one. Handle cases where the next token begins with Tilde
SET #NextPosition = CASE WHEN #NextDelimiterPosition - #DelimiterLength > #NextFixedPosition THEN #NextFixedPosition ELSE #NextDelimiterPosition END
WHILE #NextDelimiterPosition > 0
BEGIN
SET #Result = #Result + SUBSTRING( #String, #CurrentPosition, #NextPosition - #CurrentPosition + 1 )
-- Handle cases where the next token begins with Tilde and avoids doubling up Tildes
+ ( CASE WHEN #NextPosition = #NextDelimiterPosition THEN '' ELSE #Delimiter END )
SET #CurrentPosition = #NextPosition + 1
-- Increment fixed position
SET #NextFixedPosition = #CurrentPosition + #Count - 1
-- Check for next Tilde position
SET #NextDelimiterPosition = CHARINDEX( #Delimiter, #String, #CurrentPosition )
SET #NextPosition = CASE WHEN #NextDelimiterPosition - #DelimiterLength > #NextFixedPosition THEN #NextFixedPosition ELSE #NextDelimiterPosition END
END
-- Remove trailing Tilde
SET #Result = SUBSTRING( #Result, 1, LEN( #Result ) - #DelimiterLength )
RETURN #Result
END
/* Test Cases
SELECT dbo.[AddTilde]( 'ab~c~defghijkl~', 3 ) --> 'ab~c~def~ghi~jkl~'
SELECT dbo.[AddTilde]( '~ab~c~defghijkl', 3 ) --> '~ab~c~def~ghi~jkl'
SELECT dbo.[AddTilde]( 'ab~c~~defghijkl', 3 ) --> 'ab~c~~def~ghi~jkl'
SELECT dbo.[AddTilde]( 'abcdefghijkl', 3 ) --> 'abc~def~ghi~jkl'
SELECT dbo.[AddTilde]( 'a', 3 ) --> 'a'
*/

Remove white spaces from string and convert into title case

Here is the example which i want in output...
I have this input = "Automatic email sent"
But I want this output = "AutomaticEmailSent"
Thanks In Advance!
Use TextInfo.ToTitleCase
// Defines the string with mixed casing.
string myString = "Automatic email sent";
// Creates a TextInfo based on the "en-US" culture.
TextInfo myTI = new CultureInfo("en-US",false).TextInfo;
// Changes a string to titlecase, then replace the spaces with empty
string outputString = myTI.ToTitleCase(myString).Replace(" ", "");
Stealing a function from this answer which takes an text input and make it proper case (otherwise known as title case):
create function ProperCase(#Text as varchar(8000))
returns varchar(8000)
as
begin
declare #Reset bit;
declare #Ret varchar(8000);
declare #i int;
declare #c char(1);
select #Reset = 1, #i=1, #Ret = '';
while (#i <= len(#Text))
select #c= substring(#Text,#i,1),
#Ret = #Ret + case when #Reset=1 then UPPER(#c) else LOWER(#c) end,
#Reset = case when #c like '[a-zA-Z]' then 0 else 1 end,
#i = #i +1
return #Ret
end
Then you can combine this function with REPLACE:
SELECT REPLACE(dbo.ProperCase(column), ' ', '')
FROM MyTable
SQL Server
declare #value varchar(64) = rtrim(' ' + 'Automatic email sent')
;with t(n) as (
select n = charindex(' ', #value, 0)
union all
select n = charindex(' ', #value, n + 1)
from t
where n > 0
)
select #value = stuff(#value, n + 1, 1, upper(substring(#value, n + 1, 1))) from t where n > 0
select replace(#value, ' ', '')

search in a string creditcard numeric value

I want to find a credit card numeric value in a sql string.
for example;
DECLARE #value1 NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'The payment is the place 1234567812345678'
DECLARE #value2 NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'The payment is the place 123456aa7812345678'
DECLARE #value3 NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'The payment1234567812345678is the place'
The result should be :
#value1Result 1234567812345678
#value2Result NULL
#value3Result 1234567812345678
16 digits must be together without space.
How to do this in a sql script or a function?
edit :
if I want to find these 2 credit card value.
#value4 = 'card 1 is : 4034349183539301 and the other one is 3456123485697865'
how should I implement the scripts?
You can use PathIndex as
PATINDEX('%[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]%', yourStr)
if the result is 0 then it doesnt containg 16 digits other was it contains.
It can be used withing a Where statement or Select statement based on your needs
You can write as:
SELECT case when Len(LEFT(subsrt, PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', subsrt + 't') - 1)) = 16
then LEFT(subsrt, PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', subsrt + 't') - 1)
else ''
end
FROM (
SELECT subsrt = SUBSTRING(string, pos, LEN(string))
FROM (
SELECT string, pos = PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', string)
FROM table1
) d
) t
Demo
DECLARE #value1 NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'card 1 is : 4034349183539301 and the other one is 3456123485697865'
DECLARE #Lenght INT
,#Count INT
,#Candidate CHAR
,#cNum INT
,#result VARCHAR(16)
SELECT #Count = 1
SELECT #cNum = 0
SELECT #result = ''
SELECT #Lenght = LEN(#value1)
WHILE #Count <= #Lenght
BEGIN
SELECT #Candidate = SUBSTRING(#value1, #Count, 1)
IF #Candidate != ' '
AND ISNUMERIC(#Candidate) = 1
BEGIN
SET #cNum = #cNum + 1
SET #result = #result + #Candidate
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET #cNum = 1
SET #result = ''
END
IF #cNum > 16
BEGIN
SELECT #result 'Credit Number'
END
SET #Count = #Count + 1
END
There you go kind sir.
DECLARE
#value3 NVARCHAR(MAX) = 'The payment1234567812345678is the place',
#MaxCount int,
#Count int,
#Numbers NVARCHAR(100)
SELECT #Count = 1
SELECT #Numbers = ''
SELECT #MaxCount = LEN(#value3)
WHILE #Count <= #MaxCount
BEGIN
IF (UNICODE(SUBSTRING(#value3,#Count,1)) >= 48 AND UNICODE(SUBSTRING(#value3,#Count,1)) <=57)
SELECT #Numbers = #Numbers + SUBSTRING(#value3,#Count,1)
SELECT #Count = #Count + 1
END
PRINT #Numbers
You can make this as a function if you are planning to use it a lot.

SQL Split function

I'm looking for a way to do this ...
SELECT FirstName, LastName, Split(AddressBlock, ' ', 1), Split(AddressBlock, ' ', 2), PostCode
FROM Contacts
The arguments I want to pass are ...
The address
The separator (current situation requires 2 spaces but this might be a comma or a space followed by a comma) or something else (it varies).
The address part I want to return (i don't always need all parts of the split result).
I seem to be able to find a few examples of splitting functions about the internet but they return a table containing the entire set of split parts.
My SQL skills aren't that great so I need the answer to be ultra simple.
I'm always working with nvarchar data and the function needs to be reusable.
If you want a user-defined function to do this, this should work. Not that pretty, but...
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SplitStringPart (
#input nvarchar(MAX),
#separator nvarchar(10),
#index int
) RETURNS nvarchar(MAX)
BEGIN
DECLARE #counter int,
#position int,
#oldposition int,
#separatorlength int,
#result nvarchar(MAX)
SET #separatorlength = DATALENGTH(#separator) / 2
IF #separatorlength = 0 RETURN NULL
SET #result = NULL
SET #counter = 1
SET #position = -2
WHILE (#counter <= #index)
BEGIN
SET #oldposition = #position
SET #position = CHARINDEX(#separator, #input, #position + 1)
IF #position = 0 AND #counter < #index
BEGIN
SET #oldposition = 0
BREAK
END
SET #counter = #counter + 1
END
IF #oldposition = 0 AND #position = 0
RETURN NULL
ELSE IF #oldposition < 0
BEGIN
IF #position = 0 AND #index = 1
SET #result = #input
ELSE
SET #result = SUBSTRING(#input, 0, #position)
END
ELSE IF #position <= 0
SET #result = SUBSTRING(#input, #oldposition + #separatorlength, LEN(#input) - #oldposition - #separatorlength)
ELSE
SET #result = SUBSTRING(#input, #oldposition + #separatorlength, #position - #oldposition - #separatorlength)
RETURN #result
END
GO
It's not pretty, but add this to you SQL statement and it should work:
CASE
WHEN charindex(' ', substring(AddressBlock, (charindex(' ', AddressBlock) + 1), len(AddressBlock))) > 0 THEN substring(AddressBlock, (charindex(' ', AddressBlock) + 1), charindex(' ', substring(AddressBlock, (charindex(' ', AddressBlock) + 1), len(AddressBlock))) - 1)
ELSE substring(AddressBlock, (charindex(' ', AddressBlock) + 1), len(AddressBlock))
END AS 'Address 1',
CASE WHEN charindex(' ', substring(AddressBlock, (charindex(' ', AddressBlock) + 1), len(AddressBlock))) > 0 THEN substring(AddressBlock, charindex(' ', AddressBlock) + charindex(' ', substring(AddressBlock, (charindex(' ', AddressBlock) + 1), len(AddressBlock))) + 1, Len(AddressBlock))
ELSE ''
END AS 'Address 2'
Here is my version of the answer. This is MUCH faster and robust. No need to fuss around with substrings, charindex, etc.
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[SplitArray]
(
#RowToSplit nvarchar(MAX),
#Delimeter nvarchar(MAX)
)
RETURNS #RtnValue table (ID bigint IDENTITY, Data nvarchar(MAX))
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE #xml xml
SET #xml = '<field>' + REPLACE(#RowToSplit, #Delimeter, '</field><field>') + '</field>'
INSERT INTO #RtnValue(data)
SELECT tbl.c.value('.','nvarchar(max)')
FROM #xml.nodes('/field') tbl(c)
RETURN
END
You would simply use the resultant split values in a table, like this:
SELECT Data FROM dbo.SplitArray('this is great',' ')
This will return:
Data
============
this
is
great