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Insert a character in a string

  • July 30, 2012 at 10:37 am

    #259517

    Good afternoon,

    I have part numbers that begin as RA99999-99. I need to update them all to read RA099999-99. Thanks for any help.

  • July 30, 2012 at 10:40 am

    #1519286

    Will always the first two characters be alphabets ? and will it always be two characters?

  • July 30, 2012 at 10:41 am

    #1519287

    I think the STUFF function is what you are looking for.

    declare @txt varchar(20) = 'RA99999-99'

    select STUFF(@txt, 3, 0, '0')

  • July 30, 2012 at 10:41 am

    #1519289

    Try

    SELECT STUFF ('RA99999-09',3,0,'0')

  • July 30, 2012 at 10:51 am

    #1519302

    The first characters will always be letters.

  • July 30, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    #1519519

    kabaari (7/30/2012)

    The first characters will always be letters.

    I guess the best way to ask the question is "Do you always want the extra "0" to be inserted into the 3rd character position?" If so, then the STUFF methods listed before this will do the job. If not, post back with some additional details.

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