Home Forums SQL Server 2005 T-SQL (SS2K5) Stuck on Substring/Left/Charindex Problem with Description RE: Stuck on Substring/Left/Charindex Problem with Description

  • In case you were wondering how, I figured it out... 😀

    CASE WHEN PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', [ts].[DESCRIPTION]) > 0

    THEN LEFT(SUBSTRING([ts].[DESCRIPTION], PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', [ts].[DESCRIPTION]),

    CHARINDEX('%', [ts].[DESCRIPTION] + SPACE(1), CHARINDEX('%', [ts].[DESCRIPTION]))), 2)

    ELSE [ts].[DESCRIPTION]

    END AS [STRGH]