Finding a word\acronym in a field

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 1

That's because the first script is expecting a character after and a character before the LC, that's why I added trailing and leading spaces to the column. Try adding a value like ABC,LC,XYC to test this point.

Edit: damned autocorrect that included fiesta instead of first

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Don. Ten Centuries Points: 1293 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for the reply Luis.

This script seems to do what I want with the demo data.

Select top 100 *

From CONTSUPP

Where RECTYPE = 'C'

AND ( CONTSUPREF = 'LC'

OR CONTSUPREF like '%[ ,]LC[ ,]%'

OR CONTSUPREF like '%LC[ ,]%'

OR CONTSUPREF like '%[ ,]LC%')

Orlando Colamatteo SSC Guru Points: 182279 More actions · Answer 3

A CLR function that uses regular expressions, finding a "word" in a string that equals "LC" is a simple reg ex task, could also be a good option to explore.

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DiverKas SSCrazy Points: 2049 More actions · Answer 4

I would also add, that depending on a lot of variables like size of the field, number of rows, density etc, Full Text Search (FTS) might be considered as well.

ScottPletcher SSC Guru Points: 101120 More actions · Answer 5

WHERE

',' + column + ',' LIKE '%[^a-z0-9]LC[^a-z0-9]%'

Add other char(s) if/as needed; for example, if you prefer that underscore, such as in "LC_AXIS", not be a "word" break, then do this:

WHERE

',' + column + ',' LIKE '%[^a-z0-9_]LC[^a-z0-9_]%'

Note: if you want to use dash (-) itself in the like string, you should make it the last character, otherwise SQL will take it as a range indicator, and not a separate character.

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 6

opc.three (6/12/2013)
A CLR function that uses regular expressions, finding a "word" in a string that equals "LC" is a simple reg ex task, could also be a good option to explore.

Could you give an example?

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 7

Don. (6/12/2013)
Thanks for the reply Luis.
This script seems to do what I want with the demo data.
Select top 100 *
From CONTSUPP
Where RECTYPE = 'C'
AND ( CONTSUPREF = 'LC'
OR CONTSUPREF like '%[ ,]LC[ ,]%'
OR CONTSUPREF like '%LC[ ,]%'
OR CONTSUPREF like '%[ ,]LC%')

You're adding cost to the filter, why wouldn't you leave it as I suggested? or used Scott solution which is doing the same thing just the opposite way.

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Orlando Colamatteo SSC Guru Points: 182279 More actions · Answer 8

Reprinting from Simple Talk article CLR Assembly RegEx Functions for SQL Server by Example[/url] by Phil Factor:

Imports System

Imports System.Data.Sql

Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Server

Imports System.Data.SqlTypes

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Imports System.Collections 'the IEnumerable interface is here

Namespace SimpleTalk.Phil.Factor

Public Class RegularExpressionFunctions

'RegExIsMatch function

<SqlFunction(IsDeterministic:=True, IsPrecise:=True)> _

Public Shared Function RegExIsMatch( _

ByVal pattern As SqlString, _

ByVal input As SqlString, _

ByVal Options As SqlInt32) As SqlBoolean

If (input.IsNull OrElse pattern.IsNull) Then

Return SqlBoolean.False

End If

Dim RegExOption As New System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegExOptions

RegExOption = Options

Return RegEx.IsMatch(input.Value, pattern.Value, RegExOption)

End Function

End Class '

End Namespace

The call for this problem case might be:

DECLARE @pattern NVARCHAR(4000) = N'\bLC\b';

WITH cte(string)

AS (

SELECT 'LC, AB'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'LC,AMB'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'LCAND, CMB'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'ABC, LC'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'LC'

UNION ALL

SELECT 'Welcome'

)

SELECT *,

dbo.RegExIsMatch(@pattern, string, 1) AS IsMatched

FROM cte;

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Don. Ten Centuries Points: 1293 More actions · Answer 9

Luis Cazares (6/12/2013)
Don. (6/12/2013)
Thanks for the reply Luis.
This script seems to do what I want with the demo data.
Select top 100 *
From CONTSUPP
Where RECTYPE = 'C'
AND ( CONTSUPREF = 'LC'
OR CONTSUPREF like '%[ ,]LC[ ,]%'
OR CONTSUPREF like '%LC[ ,]%'
OR CONTSUPREF like '%[ ,]LC%')
You're adding cost to the filter, why wouldn't you leave it as I suggested? or used Scott solution which is doing the same thing just the opposite way.

I rather suspect its because Im a bit of an idiot. 😉

I didn't realize \ understand the purpose of the spaces around your String.

I've amended the script as you suggested.

Select top 100 *

From CONTSUPP

Where RECTYPE = 'C'

AND ' '+CONTSUPREF+' ' like '%[ ,]LC[ ,]%'