Return sepcifc data on query

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Return sepcifc data on query

bquintana

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June 26, 2013 at 9:37 am

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If I run a query to return an email address from an emails replied to, I get some returnes with multiple email addresses with the email address I want at the end.
Example - Service, Customer Support, Customer123@provider.com
How do I remove the info I don't want in these rows but not affect the other rows that are correct?

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 1

bquintana (6/26/2013)
If I run a query to return an email address from an emails replied to, I get some returnes with multiple email addresses with the email address I want at the end.
Example - Service, Customer Support, Customer123@provider.com
How do I remove the info I don't want in these rows but not affect the other rows that are correct?

Hi and welcome to the forums. In order to help we will need a few things:

1. Sample DDL in the form of CREATE TABLE statements

2. Sample data in the form of INSERT INTO statements

3. Expected results based on the sample data

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bquintana SSC-Addicted Points: 472 More actions · Answer 2

Hopefully this helps understand what I am asking.

SELECT [t].[TicketID] as "Ticket"

,

.[TicketHistoryID]

,[ac].[STR_ACCOUNT_NUMBER]

,[om].[body]

,[t].[TicketBoxID]

,[tb].[Name] as "Ticket Group"

,[g].[GroupName]

,[t].[Subject]

,[t].[Contacts]

,[t].[DateCreated]

FROM [Emails].[dbo].[Tickets] [t]

left outer join

[Emails].[dbo].[TicketBoxes] [tb] on [t].[TicketBoxID] = [tb].[TicketBoxID]

left outer join

[SYS_Live].[dbo].[ACCOUNT] [ac]

on [t].[Contacts] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

= [ac].[STR_EMAIL_ADDRESS] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

left outer join

[SYS_Live].[dbo].[vwAPPS_SUMMARY] [vwapp]

on [t].[Contacts] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

= [vwapp].[STR_EMAIL_ADDRESS] collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

Where

[t].[datecreated] between '05-29-2013' and '05-30-2013'

and

.[TicketBoxID]in ('154','155','156','158','160','165')

and [om].[body] not like '%auto-%'

Order by [t].[DateCreated] desc

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 3

What would really help is:

1. Sample DDL in the form of CREATE TABLE statements

2. Sample data in the form of INSERT INTO statements

3. Expected results based on the sample data

You are asking for help writing code against some sql tables but I don't have those tables to work with. From the excel spreadsheet I am guessing that the best way to accomplish is with a CLR proc. You will need to parse the values on commas first and then look for valid emails using a regex. I can help you figure this out but with no tables it is guess work on my part.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 4

What Sean said. This might help: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/66909/

However with regards to #3, explain how the results are calculated. In your example, I assume you want "Customer123@provider.com", but you never say that. Or do you want another value?

What if there are multiple values in there? Or if this value is at the beginning? Do you only want the last email?

To try and help you code this, we need some better understanding of the rules under which you are operating.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 5

Sean Lange (6/26/2013)
What would really help is:
1. Sample DDL in the form of CREATE TABLE statements
2. Sample data in the form of INSERT INTO statements
3. Expected results based on the sample data
You are asking for help writing code against some sql tables but I don't have those tables to work with. From the excel spreadsheet I am guessing that the best way to accomplish is with a CLR proc. You will need to parse the values on commas first and then look for valid emails using a regex. I can help you figure this out but with no tables it is guess work on my part.

Wouldn't the 8K Splitter function work along with one or two CHARINDEX?

I'm not sure if it will get too complex depending on the OP requirements.

Luis C.
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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 6

Luis Cazares (6/26/2013)
Sean Lange (6/26/2013)
What would really help is:
1. Sample DDL in the form of CREATE TABLE statements
2. Sample data in the form of INSERT INTO statements
3. Expected results based on the sample data
You are asking for help writing code against some sql tables but I don't have those tables to work with. From the excel spreadsheet I am guessing that the best way to accomplish is with a CLR proc. You will need to parse the values on commas first and then look for valid emails using a regex. I can help you figure this out but with no tables it is guess work on my part.
Wouldn't the 8K Splitter function work along with one or two CHARINDEX?
I'm not sure if it will get too complex depending on the OP requirements.

I was thinking that we could use the 8k splitter in a CLR sproc and then use a .net regex to only get those that also have a valid email. This got me to thinking that I need to create my own CLR for validating emails though...thanks!!! 😀

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bquintana SSC-Addicted Points: 472 More actions · Answer 7

This is a learning experience on this one. Self taught and learning as I go.

I'd like result to be the email address only and it is the last entry in the line seperated by commas, but only if there are other internal email address. Otherwise it is just the reply to email address.

so the field result looks like any one of these examples.

Customer Support, Customer45@hotmail.com

s_prod_i3admin, s_prod_i3admin, Customer12@yahoo.com

1234Customer@msn.com

Thank you for your patience.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736270 More actions · Answer 8

You'll have to provide mode DDL and sample data. Also, how do you define an internal address?

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 9

See if something like this will get you started. Please notice how I posted ddl and sample data in a consumable format.

if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Something') is not null

drop table #Something

create table #Something

(

Ticket int,

contacts varchar(100)

)

insert #Something

select 4368642, 'Customer Support, Customer45@hotmail.com' union all

select 4368640, 's_prod_i3admin, s_prod_i3admin, Customer12@yahoo.com' union all

select 4368023, '1234Customer@msn.com'

select *

from #Something s

cross apply dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(s.contacts, ',') x

where CHARINDEX('@', x.Item) > 0

You can find the code for the DelimitedSplit8K function by following the link in my signature about splitting strings.

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bquintana SSC-Addicted Points: 472 More actions · Answer 10

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/26/2013)
You'll have to provide mode DDL and sample data. Also, how do you define an internal address?

Any internal email will not have the @provider.com.

bquintana SSC-Addicted Points: 472 More actions · Answer 11

Sean Lange (6/27/2013)
See if something like this will get you started. Please notice how I posted ddl and sample data in a consumable format.
if OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Something') is not null
drop table #Something
create table #Something
(
Ticket int,
contacts varchar(100)
)
insert #Something
select 4368642, 'Customer Support, Customer45@hotmail.com' union all
select 4368640, 's_prod_i3admin, s_prod_i3admin, Customer12@yahoo.com' union all
select 4368023, '1234Customer@msn.com'
select *
from #Something s
cross apply dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(s.contacts, ',') x
where CHARINDEX('@', x.Item) > 0
You can find the code for the DelimitedSplit8K function by following the link in my signature about splitting strings.

Ok, I really appreciate the direction. Thanks again for you patience and help.

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 12

You are welcome. Hope that helps get you going.

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