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yguvvala
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 Posted - 2012-06-28 : 12:41:35
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| Hi,I am new to SQL i have a coloumn with records having lots of information in it i need to extract a perticular data from it how can i do it.values form the coloumn are as follows and i need to extract bold number from teh records and column name is status :STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219767>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219975>!!APPROVER=<160502>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219992>!!APPROVER=<49016>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220128>!!APPROVER=<38520>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220125>!!APPROVER=<38520>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220160>!!APPROVER=<45784>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220266>!!APPROVER=<160502>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220271>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!Thanks,Yguvvala |
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nigelrivett
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
3385 Posts |
Posted - 2012-06-28 : 12:54:51
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| select substring(str, charindex('!!AUDITID=<', str)+len('!!AUDITID=<'), charindex('>!!APPROVER',str)-(charindex('!!AUDITID=<', str)+len('!!AUDITID=<')))frrom tbl==========================================Cursors are useful if you don't know sql.SSIS can be used in a similar way.Beer is not cold and it isn't fizzy. |
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xhostx
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2012-06-28 : 13:12:09
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Originally posted by yguvvala
Hi,I am new to SQL i have a coloumn with records having lots of information in it i need to extract a perticular data from it how can i do it.values form the coloumn are as follows and i need to extract bold number from teh records and column name is status :STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219767>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219975>!!APPROVER=<160502>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219992>!!APPROVER=<49016>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220128>!!APPROVER=<38520>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220125>!!APPROVER=<38520>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220160>!!APPROVER=<45784>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220266>!!APPROVER=<160502>!!STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9220271>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!select substring('STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219767>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!', patindex('%AUDITID=<%','STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219767>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!')+len('AUDITID=<'),patindex('%>!!APPROVER%', 'STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219767>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!')- (patindex('%AUDITID=<%','STATUS=APPROVED!!TASK=<1221>!!AUDITID=<9219767>!!APPROVER=<153061>!!')+len('AUDITID=<')))replace the string with column's nameThanks,Yguvvala
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yguvvala
Starting Member
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Posted - 2012-06-28 : 16:18:09
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it works thankyou .....  |
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Extracting data from large strin ina coloumn