Strip Non-numeric characters from string function

-- =============================================
-- Create scalar function fnStripNonnumericChars
-- Created by Michael Gladshteyn
-- =============================================
IF EXISTS (SELECT * 
   FROM   sysobjects 
   WHERE  name = N'fnStripNonnumericChars')
DROP FUNCTION fnStripNonnumericChars
GO

CREATE FUNCTION fnStripNonnumericChars 
(@OrigString varchar(255))
RETURNS varchar(255)
AS
BEGIN
/*
32 is a space 
48 to 57 are our numbers 0-9 
65 to 90 are the capital letters A-Z 
97 to 122 are the lowercase letters a-z 

-- usage: select master.dbo.fnStripNonnumericChars('12345 MB')
*/
declare @NewString varchar(255)


Declare @Len int, @Ctr As int, @Ctr2 As int, @Char As varchar(1)

select @Len = Len(@OrigString)
select @NewString=''

select @Ctr2 = 1, @Ctr=1

while @Ctr <= @Len
Begin
    Select @Char = substring(@OrigString, @Ctr, 1)
    If ASCII(@Char) between 48 and 57 
    begin 
Select @NewString=@NewString+@Char
        Select @Ctr2 = @Ctr2 + 1
    end
    select @Ctr=@Ctr+1
CONTINUE
end
If @Ctr2 = 1 
    Select @NewString = NULL


RETURN @NewString

END
GO
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-- This is how you can use it

SET NOCOUNT ON
create table #spacetaken
(
[name] varchar(255),
rows int,
reserved varchar(20),
data varchar(20),
index_size varchar(20),
unused  varchar(20)
)
declare @Name varchar(255)
declare curTables scroll cursor for
--select [name] from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[temp2RptDReportTiers]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1
select [name] from dbo.sysobjects where OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1

open curTables

fetch first from curTables into @Name

while (@@FETCH_STATUS <> -1)
begin
   if (@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
   begin
INSERT #spacetaken
      exec sp_spaceused @Name
   end
   fetch next from curTables into @Name
end

deallocate curTables

Select [name]=convert(varchar(55),[name]), [rows], reserved,data,index_size,unused 
from #spacetaken order by convert(int,master.dbo.fnStripNonnumericChars(reserved)) desc
drop table #spacetaken
SET NOCOUNT OFF