I have a field with value= '''VALUE'''.when i am selecting it return me 'VALUE' with single quotes.
I want the VALUE in a varchar variable without quotes.how to achieve this without replace function.
THIS IS MY DYNAMIC QUERY WHICH IS IN THE TABLE
''''+'SELECT'+''''+'+'+''''''''''+'+ RTRIM(#start_Insert) +'+''' ''''+'''+'+ '+'''''''('''+' + RTRIM(#Column_List_Insert) +'+'''''''+'''+'+' +''''''')''''''+'+
''' ''''+''+ ''''''(''+ RTRIM(#Column_List_Insert) + ''''''+''+'''''')''''''+'+
''' + '''' VALUES(''''+ '' +#Actual_Values_Insert+ ''+'''')''''''+'' ''+' +
''' FROM ''+ ''['' +RTRIM(#source) + '']''+ '+
'''where (<col_name> BETWEEN ''''<col_value1>'''' AND ''''<col_value2>'''') AND <col_name3> <> ''''<col_value3>'''''''
How about using SUBSTRING(), and removing the leading and trailing single apostrophes?
SELECT SUBSTRING(field, 2, LEN(field)-2) FROM table
As #RahulTripathi alluded in his comment, I would prefer to just REPLACE() out the apostrophes:
SELECT REPLACE(field, '''', '') FROM table
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I am looking to subtract two string columns from another string column.
I have acheived this in the past in Oracle using the below
SELECT
C.MANUFACTURER,
C.MODEL_GROUP,
REGEXP_REPLACE(C.VARIANT, '^'||C.MANUFACTURER || ' +' || C.MODEL_GROUP) "VAR DESC",
C.VARIANT
FROM STD_BI.RL2_CONTRACTS_VW C
I now need to acheive the same in MS SQL any suggestions would be appreciated.
"Subtract" is surely a misnomer here. The OP appears to want to remove a string at the beginning of another string.
From this point on, I am assuming that MANUFACTURER and MODEL_GROUP do not contain any regular expression wildcard characters.
There is a challenge with multiple spaces. If there are not too many, then you can do. For instance, this handles one or two spaces:
SELECT C.MANUFACTURER, C.MODEL_GROUP,
(CASE WHEN C.VARIANT LIKE C.MANUFACTURER + ' ' + C.MODEL_GROUP + '%'
THEN STUFF(C.VARIANT, 1, LEN(C.MANUFACTURER + ' ' + C.MODEL_GROUP), '')
WHEN C.VARIANT LIKE C.MANUFACTURER + ' ' + C.MODEL_GROUP + '%' AND
THEN STUFF(C.VARIANT, 1, LEN(C.MANUFACTURER + ' ' + C.MODEL_GROUP), '')
ELSE C.VARIANT
END) as [VAR DESC],
C.VARIANT
FROM STD_BI.RL2_CONTRACTS_VW C;
EDIT:
Here is a more complete solution:
SELECT C.MANUFACTURER, C.MODEL_GROUP,
(CASE WHEN C.VARIANT LIKE C.MANUFACTURER + ' %' + C.MODEL_GROUP + '%' AND
C.VARIANT NOT LIKE C.MANUFACTURER + ' %[^ ]%' + C.MODEL_GROUP + '%'
THEN STUFF(LTRIM(STUFF(C.VARIANT, 1, LEN(C.MANUFACTURER), '')), 1, LEN(C.MODEL_GROUP), '')
ELSE C.VARIANT
END) as [VAR DESC],
C.VARIANT
FROM STD_BI.RL2_CONTRACTS_VW C;
This tests for just spaces between the two strings (the not like is checking for something other than a space). The replacement is then in three steps -- remove the manufacturer, then the spaces, then the model group.
I have spent some time on this one as much for my own satisfaction and in addition to the answer above, I have come up with the following which also generates the correct answer.
SUBSTRING(FV.VARIANT, LEN(FV.MANUFACTURER + ' ' + FV.MODEL_RANGE + ' ') + 1 , LEN(FV.VARIANT))
My problem was kinda easier to solve, I just needed to remove "xxxx" (the first 4 characters) at the start of a column from some rows:
UPDATE coluna SET columToEdit = SUBSTRING(columToEdit, 5, 200);
I have the following in a view
c2.title + ' ' + c2.initials + ' ' + c2.surname AS referredTo
As it stands now, if one of those values are null, then referredTo is just null. But for some of the records, the title, the initials, or the surname may be null. What is the best way to handle this so that is one or more of the values are null, it will return only the string with the non-null values. So for example, if title is null, it will only return "initals surname", if initials is null, it will return "title surname", if both are null, it will return "surname", etc, to cover any of those values being null. This is probably a really easy answer but I'm kinda new to SQL and having to learn as I go.
Thanks.
As suggested in the comment, put the White Space within the ISNULL:
SELECT ISNULL(Title + ' ', '') + ISNULL(Initials + ' ','') + ISNULL(Surname,'')
FROM YourTable;
That means that you don't end up with WhiteSpace at the front, or (possibly) two spaces between Title and Surname if Initials has a value of NULL.
Maybe you can use ISNULL, please check following statement
RTRIM(
LTRIM(
ISNULL(c2.title, '') + ' ' +
ISNULL(c2.initials, '') + ' ' +
ISNULL(c2.surname, '')
)
) AS referredTo
SET #FinalAnswer= ISNULL(#Col1, '') + ' ' +ISNULL(#Col2, '')
Try above approach.
Use Concat()
Select LTRIM(RTRIM(Concat(c2.title,' ',c2.initials,' ',c2.surname))) AS referredTo
FROM yourTable
DEMO
I have a large table of data where some of my columns contain line breaks. I would like to remove them and replace them with some spaces instead.
Can anybody tell me how to do this in SQL Server?
Thanks in advance
SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE(#str, CHAR(13), ''), CHAR(10), '')
This should work, depending on how the line breaks are encoded:
update t
set col = replace(col, '
', ' ')
where col like '%
%';
That is, in SQL Server, a string can contain a new line character.
#Gordon's answer should work, but in case you're not sure how your line breaks are encoded, you can use the ascii function to return the character value. For example:
declare #entry varchar(50) =
'Before break
after break'
declare #max int = len(#entry)
; with CTE as (
select 1 as id
, substring(#entry, 1, 1) as chrctr
, ascii(substring(#entry, 1, 1)) as code
union all
select id + 1
, substring(#entry, ID + 1, 1)
, ascii(substring(#entry, ID + 1, 1))
from CTE
where ID <= #max)
select chrctr, code from cte
print replace(replace(#entry, char(13) , ' '), char(10) , ' ')
Depending where your text is coming from, there are different encodings for a line break. In my test string I put the most common.
First I replace all CHAR(10) (Line feed) with CHAR(13) (Carriage return), then all doubled CRs to one CR and finally all CRs to the wanted replace (you want a blank, I put a dot for better visability:
Attention: Switch the output to "text", otherwise you wont see any linebreaks...
DECLARE #text VARCHAR(100)='test single 10' + CHAR(10) + 'test 13 and 10' + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + 'test single 13' + CHAR(13) + 'end of test';
SELECT #text
DECLARE #ReplChar CHAR='.';
SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(#text,CHAR(10),CHAR(13)),CHAR(13)+CHAR(13),CHAR(13)),CHAR(13),#ReplChar);
I have the same issue, means I have a column having values with line breaks in it. I use the query
update `your_table_name` set your_column_name = REPLACE(your_column_name,'\n','')
And this resolves my issue :)
Basically '\n' is the character for Enter key or line break and in this query, I have replaced it with no space (which I want)
Keep Learning :)
zain
I have the following statement, where I'm passing in a parameter like this:
'0001,0003'
I was following the REPLACE answer from this question:
SQL IN Statement splitting parameter
But I'm trying to take it out of dynamic sql. My returned result is NULL. Is there anyway to get this to work?
DECLARE #partialLNum varchar(MAX)
DECLARE #lNumConCat varchar(500)
DECLARE #tTemp table(lNum varchar(15))
DECLARE #formatIN varchar(MAX)
set #partialLNum = '0001,0003'
set #formatIN = ''''+ REPLACE(#partialLNum,',',''',''')+''''
insert into #tTemp
select substring(lNum,1,2) + '-' + substring(lNum,3,3) + '-' + substring(lNum,6,2) + '-' + substring(lNum,8,3)
from [rpt].[myView]
where LNum IN (#formatIN)
select #lNumConCat = COALESCE(#lNumConCat +'' , '', '''') + LNum from #tTemp
select #lNumConCat
in takes a list of values. So:
where LNum IN ('0001,0003')
has a list with one element, that happens to have a comment in it.
One way to do what you want is using like:
where ',' + partialLNum + ',' like '%,' + LNum + ',%'
There should suffice, but there are other ways using a split() function as well.
I have a stored procedure that is getting information from my employee table and returning the data.
There are 3 columns that are used:
B.[SiloDesc] + ' (' + B.[TitleDesc] + ') ' + B.[SkillSetDesc] as SkillSetDesc,
My issue is, if one of those happens to be null, it wont display any of the data. What is the best way to have it include the data regardless of if one of those fields are null.
You could use coalesce() or isnull() for each individual column... or you could simply use...
CONCAT ( string_value1, string_value2 [, string_valueN ] )
Takes a variable number of string arguments and concatenates them into a single string. It requires a minimum of two input values; otherwise, an error is raised. All arguments are implicitly converted to string types and then concatenated. Null values are implicitly converted to an empty string.
A.: Remove the parentheses when TitleDesc is null:
select concat(B.[SiloDesc], ' (' + B.[TitleDesc] + ')', ' ' + B.[SkillSetDesc])
Because of the way null is treated in sql, the expression ' (' + null + ')' results in null which concat() will treat as an empty string... which is kind of nice as it effectively removes the parentheses if the value is null.
B.: Keep the parentheses regardless:
select concat(B.[SiloDesc], ' (', B.[TitleDesc], ') ', B.[SkillSetDesc])
Samples:
select concat('john', ' (' + null + ')', ' adams') -- john adams
select concat('john', ' (test)', ' ' + null) -- john (test)
select concat('john', ' (the man)', ' adams') -- john (the man) adams
isnull(B.[SiloDesc], '')
+ ' (' + isnull(B.[TitleDesc], '') + ') '
+ isnull(B.[SkillSetDesc], '') as SkillSetDesc,