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reading2009
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Posted - 2010-10-11 : 20:44:55

Hi I want to remove all charecters before \.
Example, in a column I have abc\smith, abcfgrt\john, retet\lauren,
er\peter.

All the charecters before \ and including \ should be removed.
So the result should be, smith, john, lauren, peter only.

How would i come up with one LTRIM that will suit all entries?

Any help here pleasE?

tkizer
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Posted - 2010-10-11 : 20:47:56

declare @s varchar(50)

set @s = 'abc\smith'

select substring(@s, charindex('\', @s) + 1, datalength(@s))

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tkizer
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Posted - 2010-10-11 : 20:48:37

You can't use LTRIM function as LTRIM specifically deals with leading spaces.

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reading2009
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Posted - 2010-10-11 : 20:50:05

here you are setting the value of @s = 'abc\smith'.
But the column i have different entries in different left before \.

If not LTRIM, if there any other way to achive the output in a single query that can be applied to these data?

quote:
Originally posted by tkizer

declare @s varchar(50)

set @s = 'abc\smith'

select substring(@s, charindex('\', @s) + 1, datalength(@s))

Tara Kizer
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tkizer
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Posted - 2010-10-11 : 20:55:25

Did you even try my solution? It'll work for all of your examples. @s is just an example. Switch it to your column and your table.

Tara Kizer
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tkizer
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Posted - 2010-10-11 : 20:56:03

select substring(YourColumn, charindex('\', YourColumn) + 1, datalength(YourColumn))
from YourTable
...

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reading2009
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Posted - 2010-10-11 : 21:10:02

The substring worked just fine. Thank you Tara. I very much appriciate your timely help.

quote:
Originally posted by tkizer

select substring(YourColumn, charindex('\', YourColumn) + 1, datalength(YourColumn))
from YourTable
...

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

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