I want to only get the unit number out of this string:
'<p>The status for the Unit # 3546 has changed from % to OUTTOVENDOR</p>'
The note is always exactly the same but the unit number changes. How do I extract just the unit number?
Thanks!
6 Answers
declare @String varchar(500)
set @String = '<p>The status for the Unit # 3546 has changed from % to OUTTOVENDOR</p>'
select SUBSTRING(@String, charindex('# ', @String) + 2, charindex('has changed', @String) - charindex('# ', @String) - 2)
try:
declare @S VarChar(1000)
Set @S =
'<p>The status for the Unit # 3546 has changed from % to OUTTOVENDOR</p>'
Select Substring( @s,
charIndex('#', @S)+1,
charIndex('has', @S) - 2 - charIndex('#', @S))
You could do this any number of ways, use the REPLACE function to strip out either side, use SUBSTRING if you are guaranteed to know index numbers or mix a SUBSTRING with a CHARINDEX.
select substring(note, len('<p>The status for the Unit # '),4) from tbl
Something like this should work SUBSTRING(val, 30, CHARINDEX(' ', val, 30)-30)
Here's a version that uses PATINDEX. It looks for the first number in a string.
declare @MyString varchar(100)
set @MyString = '<p>The status for the Unit # 3546 has changed from % to OUTTOVENDOR</p>'
select PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', @MyString), PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', SUBSTRING(@MyString, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', @MyString), len(@MyString)))
select SUBSTRING (@MyString, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', @MyString),
PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', SUBSTRING(@MyString, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', @MyString), len(@MyString))))
