Comma Separator Delimiter

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Comma Separator Delimiter

farooq.hbs

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May 14, 2014 at 7:47 am

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Hi Guys,
I am struck with some fires logic, which i am not able to figure out 🙂
I have a comma separator field,
For Example, the field values is
Annual Holiday, Annual Leave - David Hornby,
Solution: I want to retrieve the first comma string (Annual Holiday) and remove the rest value from the field and display.
It should be Just Annual Holiday

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farooq.hbs SSCrazy Points: 2083 More actions · Answer 1

I found the solution..

LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field]) - 1)

:):):)

Thanks:-):-):-):-)

crmitchell SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4557 More actions · Answer 2

farooq.hbs (5/14/2014)
I found the solution..
LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field]) - 1)
:):):)
Thanks:-):-):-):-)

That will work if you are certain that your source string will ALWAYS contain at least one comma. If you cannot guarantee that then you will need to test for the presence of a comma and return the original string if there is none.

Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 3

crmitchell (5/15/2014)
farooq.hbs (5/14/2014)
I found the solution..
LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field]) - 1)
:):):)
Thanks:-):-):-):-)
That will work if you are certain that your source string will ALWAYS contain at least one comma. If you cannot guarantee that then you will need to test for the presence of a comma and return the original string if there is none.

There's no need for a great validation process, just append a comma to the field.

LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field] + ',') - 1)

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 4

Luis Cazares (5/15/2014)
crmitchell (5/15/2014)
farooq.hbs (5/14/2014)
I found the solution..
LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field]) - 1)
:):):)
Thanks:-):-):-):-)
That will work if you are certain that your source string will ALWAYS contain at least one comma. If you cannot guarantee that then you will need to test for the presence of a comma and return the original string if there is none.
There's no need for a great validation process, just append a comma to the field.
LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field] + ',') - 1)

Careful now... concatenation is what killed the cat on some of the earlier splitters. It will probably be faster to do the ISNULL/NULL IF thing to change a 0 to 8000.

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

Jeff Moden (5/15/2014)
Luis Cazares (5/15/2014)
crmitchell (5/15/2014)
farooq.hbs (5/14/2014)
I found the solution..
LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field]) - 1)
:):):)
Thanks:-):-):-):-)
That will work if you are certain that your source string will ALWAYS contain at least one comma. If you cannot guarantee that then you will need to test for the presence of a comma and return the original string if there is none.
There's no need for a great validation process, just append a comma to the field.
LEFT([field], CHARINDEX(',', [field] + ',') - 1)
Careful now... concatenation is what killed the cat on some of the earlier splitters. It will probably be faster to do the ISNULL/NULL IF thing to change a 0 to 8000.

It's good to know. I usually don't work with strings that long. I wouldn't expect this scenario to be one of those cases.