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Adstra
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Posted - 2013-03-27 : 17:45:16
If I run the following query, I get results without issue:

select Firstname, right(Firstname,(CHARINDEX(' ', reverse(FirstName))-1)), len(right(Firstname,(CHARINDEX(' ', reverse(FirstName))-1))) from Customers

However if I run this query:

select * from customers where len(right(Firstname,(CHARINDEX(' ', reverse(FirstName))-1))) > 15

I get this error:
Invalid length parameter passed to the RIGHT function.State: 42000, Native: 536, Source: Microsoft SQL Native Client

Could someone illuminate me on the problem and point me towards a solution.

Thank you.

SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2013-03-27 : 17:52:32
Most probably with a first name that does not have a space. Then CHARINDEX returns 0 and substraction 1 gives -1, and this value is invalid for substring/left/right function.



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James K
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Posted - 2013-03-27 : 18:05:49
To add to what SwePeso said, your first query is not showing an error probably because you have (some other) where clause that happens to eliminate all firstnames without spaces in them.
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Lamprey
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Posted - 2013-03-27 : 18:25:44
quote:
Originally posted by Adstra

Could someone illuminate me on the problem and point me towards a solution.



DECLARE @FirstName VARCHAR(100) = 'Test';

-- Error
select len(right(@FirstName,(CHARINDEX(' ', reverse(@FirstName))-1)))

--One solution - check for a charindex value of 0.
select len(right(@FirstName,(NULLIF(CHARINDEX(' ', reverse(@FirstName)), 0) -1)))
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Adstra
Starting Member

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Posted - 2013-03-28 : 10:36:57
Thank you, I found the problem I had 1 record return a zero.
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