Query Substring and Uppercase

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Query Substring and Uppercase

RLUEDTKE

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February 17, 2016 at 2:16 pm

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SUBSTRING(PAYROLL_EMP.WEBADDR, - 1, CHARINDEX('@', PAYROLL_EMP.WEBADDR) + 1) AS USERNAME,
Example:
Column PAYROLL_EMP.WEBADDR contains value jdoe@servercentral.com
The above statement returns jdoe as USERNAME
Is there a way to have JDOE returned in UPPERCASE

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Jacob Wilkins One Orange Chip Points: 27976 More actions · Answer 1

Typically I would suggest doing formatting at the presentation layer, not the database layer, but if you need to do it in the query, then you can just make the SUBSTRING the input to the UPPER function (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180055.aspx.

Cheers!

Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 2

Use the UPPER function.

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

RLUEDTKE SSC Veteran Points: 251 More actions · Answer 3

SUBSTRING(UPPER(PAYROLL_EMP.WEBADDR, - 1, CHARINDEX('@', PAYROLL_EMP.WEBADDR) + 1) AS USERNAME,

SQL returns this error...

Msg 174, Level 15, State 1, Line 30

The upper function requires 1 argument(s).

Jacob Wilkins One Orange Chip Points: 27976 More actions · Answer 4

You don't have the correct scope for the UPPER.

At any rate, it's simpler to do it the other way around, since you already have the SUBSTRING working. Just take the SUBSTRING and pass it to UPPER, instead of doing an UPPER and then taking a SUBSTRING.

UPPER(SUBSTRING(PAYROLL_EMP.WEBADDR, - 1, CHARINDEX('@', PAYROLL_EMP.WEBADDR) + 1))

Cheers!

RLUEDTKE SSC Veteran Points: 251 More actions · Answer 5

Thank you Jacob! Appreciate your help! Kind regards, Bob

Query Substring and Uppercase

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