How can I create a Query that looks at a field and pulls the 3 characters that appear after a comma -- EACH entry in this field has a comma and characters after it.
Basically I have a field that has CITY, STATE and sometimes the zipcode after it
I want it to pull the 2 letter State code that appears after the , and the space following the comma
You can use
SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(str, delim, count)
See here for documentation.
Standard SQL, as you didn't specify the SQL dialect:
substring(col from position(',' in col)+1 for 3)
Here you go:
SELECT RIGHT(#str, LEN(#str) - CHARINDEX(',', #str) - 1)
in MS SQL Server having the value of a field as 'LAREDOTX,78041', do something like:
DECLARE #Sentence VARCHAR(MAX) = 'LAREDOTX,78041'
SELECT SUBSTRING(#Sentence, CHARINDEX(',', #Sentence)+1 , 3) AS [Second Word]
Getting as result:
Second Word
---------
780
SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX('www.mytestpage.info','.',2);
for more information
http://www.w3resource.com/mysql/string-functions/mysql-substring_index-function.php
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I want to get sub string my output should look like gmail,outlook,Skype.
my string values are
'abc#gmail.com'
'cde.nitish#yahoo.com'
'xyz.vijay#sarvang.com.com'
somthing like this as you can see its having variable length with mix symbol '.' and '#'
string values store in table form as a column name Mail_ID and Table name is tbl_Data
i am using sql server 2012
i use chart index for getting sub string
select SUBSTRING(Mail_ID, CHARINDEX('#',MAil_ID)+1, (CHARINDEX('.',MAil_ID) - (CHARINDEX('#', Mail_ID)+1)))
from tbl_data
And i want my output like:
'gmail'
'yahoo'
'sarvang'
Please help me i am newbies in sql server
This is my solution. I first get the position of the '#', and then get the position of the '.' in the string prior to it (the '#'). Then I can use those results to get the appropriate substring:
SELECT V.YourString,
SUBSTRING(V.YourString,D.I,A.I - D.I) AS StringPart
FROM (VALUES('abc#gmail.com'),
('cde.nitish#yahoo.com'),
('xyz.vijay#sarvang.com.com'))V(YourString)
CROSS APPLY(VALUES(CHARINDEX('#',V.YourString)))A(I) --Get position of # to not repeat logic
CROSS APPLY(VALUES(CHARINDEX('.',LEFT(V.YourString,A.I))+1))D(I) --Get position of . to not repeat logic
Note for value of 'abc.def.steve#... it would return 'def.steve'; however, we don't have such an example so I don't know what the correct return value would be.
I'm posting this as a new answer, a the OP moved the goal posts from the original answer. My initial answer was based on their original question, not their "new" one, and it seems silly to remove an answer that was correct at the time:
SELECT V.YourString,
SUBSTRING(V.YourString,A.I, D.I - A.I) AS StringPart
FROM (VALUES('abc#gmail.com'),
('cde.nitish#yahoo.com'),
('xyz.vijay#sarvang.com.com'))V(YourString)
CROSS APPLY(VALUES(CHARINDEX('#',V.YourString)+1))A(I)
CROSS APPLY(VALUES(CHARINDEX('.',V.YourString,A.I)))D(I);
This answers the original version of the question.
This may be simplest with a case expression to detect if there is a period before the '#':
select (case when email like '%.%#%'
then stuff(left(email, charindex('#', email) - 1), 1, charindex('.', email), '')
else left(email, charindex('#', email) - 1)
end)
from (values ('abc#gmail.com'), ('cde.nitish#yahoo.com'), ('xyz.vijay#sarvang.com.com')) v(email)
I create a temp table with your data and write below query its worked
CREATE TABLE #T
(
DATA NVARCHAR(50)
)
INSERT INTO #T
VALUES('abc#gmail.com'),
('cde.nitish#yahoo.com'),
('xyz.vijay#sarvang.com.com')
SELECT *,LEFT(RIGHT(DATA,LEN(DATA)-CHARINDEX('#',DATA,1)),CHARINDEX('.',RIGHT(DATA,LEN(DATA)-CHARINDEX('#',DATA,1)),1)-1)
FROM #t
AND its a output of my T-SQL
abc#gmail.com gmail
cde.nitish#yahoo.com yahoo
xyz.vijay#sarvang.com.com sarvang
i would make a script that iterate over the records of a table with a cursor
and extract from a column value formatted like that "yyy://xx/bb/147011"
only the final number 147011and to put this value in a variable.
It's possible to do something like that?
Many thanks.
You don't need a cursor for this. You can just use a query. The following gets everything after the last /:
select right(str, charindex('/', reverse(str)) - 1 )
from (values ('yyy://xx/bb/147011')) v(str)
It does not specifically check if it is a number, but that can be added as well.
You can also use the below query.
SELECT RIGHT(RTRIM('yyy://xx/bb/147011'),
CHARINDEX('/', REVERSE('/' + RTRIM('yyy://xx/bb/147011'))) - 1) AS LastWord
If numeric value has exact position defined with sample data, then you can do :
SELECT t.*, SUBSTRING(t.col, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', t.col), LEN(t.col))
FROM table t;
I have an existing column that I would like to take a subset of and insert into a second (new) column in the same table.
e.g. MyTable.[FullName] (existing column) contains a string like "P-13-146 PS - Goodyear - Tire repair"
I created a new column, MyTable.[ShortName] that I want to insert a substring of the value from the first column into ("P-13-146 PS"). The problem is that the length of the substring is different for each full name. The only real consistency is that I want up to the second whitespace character.
I am trying to resolve the following:
UPDATE [MyTable] SET [ShortName] = ???
Try this:
declare #exp varchar(200)
set #exp='P-13-146 PS - Goodyear - Tire repair'
select RTRIM(SUBSTRING(#exp,1,CHARINDEX(' ',#exp,charindex(' ',#exp)+1)))
Just combine the string manipulation functions until you get what you want:
SELECT
CASE WHEN CHARINDEX(' ',FullName, CHARINDEX(' ', FullName)+1) = 0 THEN FullName
ELSE SUBSTRING(FullName, 1, CHARINDEX(' ',FullName, CHARINDEX(' ', FullName)+1)-1)
END ShortName
FROM MyTable
The first part of the CASE statement is for names that have fewer than two spaces.
We have the below in row in MS SQL:
Got event with: 123.123.123.123, event 34, brown fox
How can we extract the 2nd number ie the 34 reliable in one line of SQL?
Here's one way to do it using SUBSTRING and PATINDEX -- I used a CTE just so it wouldn't look so awful :)
WITH CTE AS (
SELECT
SUBSTRING(Data,CHARINDEX(',',Data)+1,LEN(Data)) data
FROM Test
)
SELECT LEFT(SUBSTRING(Data, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', Data), 8000),
PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%',
SUBSTRING(Data, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', Data), 8000) + 'X')-1)
FROM CTE
And here is some sample Fiddle.
As commented, CTEs will only work with 2005 and higher. If by chance you're using 2000, then this will work without the CTE:
SELECT LEFT(SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING(Data,CHARINDEX(',',Data)+1,LEN(Data)),
PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', SUBSTRING(Data,CHARINDEX(',',Data)+1,LEN(Data))), 8000),
PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%',
SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING(Data,CHARINDEX(',',Data)+1,LEN(Data)),
PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', SUBSTRING(Data,CHARINDEX(',',Data)+1,LEN(Data))), 8000) + 'X')-1)
FROM Test
Simply replace #s with your column name to apply this to a table. Assuming that number is between last comma and space before the last comma. Sql-Fiddle-Demo
declare #s varchar(100) = '123.123.123.123, event 34, brown fox'
select right(first, charindex(' ', reverse(first),1) ) final
from (
select left(#s,len(#s) - charindex(',',reverse(#s),1)) first
--from tableName
) X
OR if it is between first and second commas then try, DEMO
select substring(first, charindex(' ',first,1),
charindex(',', first,1)-charindex(' ',first,1)) final
from (
select right(#s,len(#s) - charindex(',',#s,1)-1) first
) X
I've thought of another way that's not been mentioned yet. Presuming the following are true:
Always one comma before the second "part"
It's always the word "event" with the number in the second part
You are using SQL Server 2005+
Then you could use the built in ParseName function meant for parsing the SysName datatype.
--Variable to hold your example
DECLARE #test NVARCHAR(50)
SET #test = 'Got event with: 123.123.123.123, event 34, brown fox'
SELECT Ltrim(Rtrim(Replace(Parsename(Replace(Replace(#test, '.', ''), ',', '.'), 2), 'event', '')))
Results:
34
ParseName parses around dots, but we want it to parse around commas. Here's the logic of what I've done:
Remove all existing dots in the string, in this case swap them with empty string.
Swap all commas for dots for ParseName to use
Use ParseName and ask for the second "piece". In your example this gives us the value
" event 34".
Remove the word "event" from the string.
Trim both ends and return the value.
I've no comments on performance vs. the other solutions, and it looks just as messy. Thought I'd throw the idea out there anyway!
Using T-SQL, how would I go about getting the last 3 characters of a varchar column?
So the column text is IDS_ENUM_Change_262147_190 and I need 190
SELECT RIGHT(column, 3)
That's all you need.
You can also do LEFT() in the same way.
Bear in mind if you are using this in a WHERE clause that the RIGHT() can't use any indexes.
You can use either way:
SELECT RIGHT(RTRIM(columnName), 3)
OR
SELECT SUBSTRING(columnName, LEN(columnName)-2, 3)
Because more ways to think about it are always good:
select reverse(substring(reverse(columnName), 1, 3))
declare #newdata varchar(30)
set #newdata='IDS_ENUM_Change_262147_190'
select REVERSE(substring(reverse(#newdata),0,charindex('_',reverse(#newdata))))
=== Explanation ===
I found it easier to read written like this:
SELECT
REVERSE( --4.
SUBSTRING( -- 3.
REVERSE(<field_name>),
0,
CHARINDEX( -- 2.
'<your char of choice>',
REVERSE(<field_name>) -- 1.
)
)
)
FROM
<table_name>
Reverse the text
Look for the first occurrence of a specif char (i.e. first occurrence FROM END of text). Gets the index of this char
Looks at the reversed text again. searches from index 0 to index of your char. This gives the string you are looking for, but in reverse
Reversed the reversed string to give you your desired substring
if you want to specifically find strings which ends with desired characters then this would help you...
select * from tablename where col_name like '%190'