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check the format is valid

  • May 1, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    #93242

    i have to update the table but i have to check(validate) the column has the number in the format?

    any idea?

    for example:

    if column1 = '45-AB-00-9999'

    begin

    update column2 = '3'

    end

    is there way to check the columnis in right format

  • May 1, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    #809868

    Something "like" this should do it...

    IF Column1 LIKE '[0-9][0-9]-[A-Z][A-Z]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'

    BEGIN

    ---your code here---

    END

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

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