• --========================--

    --== CREATE SAMPLE DATA ==--

    --========================--

    SELECT yourData

    INTO #yourTable

    FROM (VALUES('MNN.helloworld'),('GFF.goodbyeworld'),('SSW.seeyoulaterworld.oops')

    )a(yourData);

    --========================--

    --== SOLUTION ==--

    --========================--

    SELECT *

    FROM #yourTable

    WHERE LEN(yourData)-1 = LEN(REPLACE(yourData COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN2,'.',''));


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