Extract text which is between 1st and 2nd comma

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Extract text which is between 1st and 2nd comma

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October 22, 2012 at 5:33 am

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[font="Verdana"]I want to select text which is between 1st and 2nd comma on SQL Server 2005
for Ex:
1: SHOP NO 66/67, PATEL HERITAGE, PLOT NO 15/17, SECTOR 7, KHARGHAR, NAVI MUMBAI 410210
my answer should be PATEL HERITAGE
2: NAYASARAK, CUTTACK, DISTRICT CUTTACK, ORISSA-753002
My answer should be CUTTACK
Please help me to get my desired answer...[/font]

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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323504 More actions · Answer 1

probably the best most recommended way would be using the delimited split function.

there's also a CHARINDEX2 custom function you could use as well.

/*

--Results

val Item

SHOP NO 66/67, PATEL HERITAGE, PLOT NO 15/17, SECTOR 7, KHARGHAR, NAVI MUMBAI 410210 PATEL HERITAGE

NAYASARAK, CUTTACK, DISTRICT CUTTACK, ORISSA-753002 CUTTACK

*/

with MySampleData(val)

AS

(

SELECT ' SHOP NO 66/67, PATEL HERITAGE, PLOT NO 15/17, SECTOR 7, KHARGHAR, NAVI MUMBAI 410210' UNION ALL

SELECT 'NAYASARAK, CUTTACK, DISTRICT CUTTACK, ORISSA-753002'

)

SELECT MySampleData.*,myFn.Item

FROM MySampleData

CROSS APPLY dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(val,',') myFn

WHERE myFn.ItemNumber=2

Lowell

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SQLLux SSC Enthusiast Points: 148 More actions · Answer 2

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Split

(

@String varchar(8000),

@Delimiter char(1),

@RetStrPos int

)

returns varchar(100)

as

begin

declare @idx int

declare @slice varchar(8000)

declare @temptable table(recno int,items varchar(8000))

declare @recno int =0

declare @retstr varchar(100)

select @idx = 1

if len(@String)<1 or @String is null return @retstr

while @idx!= 0

begin

set @idx = charindex(@Delimiter,@String)

if @idx!=0

set @slice = left(rtrim(ltrim(@String)),@idx - 1)

else

set @slice = rtrim(ltrim(@String))

if(len(@slice)>0)

insert into @temptable(recno,Items) values(@recno,@slice)

set @recno = @recno+1

set @String = right(@String,len(@String) - @idx)

if len(@String) = 0 break

end

select @retStr=items from @temptable where recno=@RetStrPos

return @retstr

end

To get second word,

select dbo.Split('hello,world,how,are,YOU',',',1)

Mike.Hahn SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4053 More actions · Answer 3

here's the DelimitedSplit8k function and you can read the article at:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/">

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[DelimitedSplit8K]

--===== Define I/O parameters

(@pString VARCHAR(8000), @pDelimiter CHAR(1))

--WARNING!!! DO NOT USE MAX DATA-TYPES HERE! IT WILL KILL PERFORMANCE!

RETURNS TABLE WITH SCHEMABINDING AS

RETURN

--===== "Inline" CTE Driven "Tally Table" produces values from 1 up to 10,000...

-- enough to cover VARCHAR(8000)

WITH E1(N) AS (

SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL

SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 1

), --10E+1 or 10 rows

E2(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E1 a, E1 b), --10E+2 or 100 rows

E4(N) AS (SELECT 1 FROM E2 a, E2 b), --10E+4 or 10,000 rows max

cteTally(N) AS (--==== This provides the "base" CTE and limits the number of rows right up front

-- for both a performance gain and prevention of accidental "overruns"

SELECT TOP (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@pString),0)) ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) FROM E4

),

cteStart(N1) AS (--==== This returns N+1 (starting position of each "element" just once for each delimiter)

SELECT 1 UNION ALL

SELECT t.N+1 FROM cteTally t WHERE SUBSTRING(@pString,t.N,1) = @pDelimiter

),

cteLen(N1,L1) AS(--==== Return start and length (for use in substring)

SELECT s.N1,

ISNULL(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(@pDelimiter,@pString,s.N1),0)-s.N1,8000)

FROM cteStart s

)

--===== Do the actual split. The ISNULL/NULLIF combo handles the length for the final element when no delimiter is found.

SELECT ItemNumber = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY l.N1),

Item = SUBSTRING(@pString, l.N1, l.L1)

FROM cteLen l

;

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 4

SQLLux (10/22/2012)
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.Split
(
@String varchar(8000),
@Delimiter char(1),
@RetStrPos int
)
returns varchar(100)
as
begin
declare @idx int
declare @slice varchar(8000)
declare @temptable table(recno int,items varchar(8000))
declare @recno int =0
declare @retstr varchar(100)
select @idx = 1
if len(@String)<1 or @String is null return @retstr
while @idx!= 0
begin
set @idx = charindex(@Delimiter,@String)
if @idx!=0
set @slice = left(rtrim(ltrim(@String)),@idx - 1)
else
set @slice = rtrim(ltrim(@String))
if(len(@slice)>0)
insert into @temptable(recno,Items) values(@recno,@slice)
set @recno = @recno+1
set @String = right(@String,len(@String) - @idx)
if len(@String) = 0 break
end
select @retStr=items from @temptable where recno=@RetStrPos
return @retstr
end
To get second word,
select dbo.Split('hello,world,how,are,YOU',',',1)

You should read the article suggested in the post after yours. The link posted won't work but the one in my signature about splitting strings does. The split you posted will work but the delimitedSplit8k will blow the doors of a while loop for performance.

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pruthvi116 SSC Enthusiast Points: 169 More actions · Answer 5

Thanks for both the functions!! Both of them were extremely useful.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003857 More actions · Answer 6

pruthvi116 (2/13/2014)
Thanks for both the functions!! Both of them were extremely useful.

My recommendation would be to avoid any and all functions, especially split functions, that contain the words "WHILE" or "BEGIN". That would make them either Scalar or Multi-Statement functions that will rob your application of performance and use way more resources than they ever should.

Please see the following article for a demonstration of exactly what I'm talking about.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/91724/

--Jeff Moden

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First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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