July 10, 2018 at 10:15 am
example
asdfasf-ABCDE-asdfasdfsfasf
ss-TREWQ-asdfasfsf
(the column is CI_NUM where that value lives)
i need the 5 characters between the dashes
help, (Again) . . . .
Much appreciated
July 10, 2018 at 10:20 am
jeffshelix - Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:15 AMexample
asdfasf-ABCDE-asdfasdfsfasf
ss-TREWQ-asdfasfsf
(the column is CI_NUM where that value lives)
i need the 5 characters between the dashes
help, (Again) . . . .
Much appreciated
If we can safely assume that there are exactly two dashes in the entire column, AND, that they are always going to contain exactly 5 characters in between them, then this should work:SELECT SUBSTRING(CI_NUM, CHARINDEX('-', CI_NUM) + 1, 5) AS CI_NUM_MIDDLE_PART
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July 10, 2018 at 10:49 am
SELECT *,
CASE WHEN start_of_value = 1 THEN ''
ELSE SUBSTRING(CI_NUM, start_of_value, 5) END AS [5charsyouwant]
FROM ( VALUES('asdfasf-ABCDE-asdfasdfsfasf'),('ss-TREWQ-asdfasfsf'),
('asdfa-12-ABCDE-kindatricky'),('nothingtoseehere'),
('asdf-12-ABCD-475-1-ABCDE-reallytricky')) AS data(CI_NUM)
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT PATINDEX('%[-][^-][^-][^-][^-][^-][-]%', CI_NUM) + 1 AS start_of_value
) AS alias1
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July 10, 2018 at 12:46 pm
ScottPletcher - Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:49 AM
SELECT *,
CASE WHEN start_of_value = 1 THEN ''
ELSE SUBSTRING(CI_NUM, start_of_value, 5) END AS [5charsyouwant]
FROM ( VALUES('asdfasf-ABCDE-asdfasdfsfasf'),('ss-TREWQ-asdfasfsf'),
('asdfa-12-ABCDE-kindatricky'),('nothingtoseehere'),
('asdf-12-ABCD-475-1-ABCDE-reallytricky')) AS data(CI_NUM)
CROSS APPLY (
SELECT PATINDEX('%[-][^-][^-][^-][^-][^-][-]%', CI_NUM) + 1 AS start_of_value
) AS alias1
Sorry, not what was asked for here.
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