How to extract data between 3rd and 4th hyphen

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How to extract data between 3rd and 4th hyphen

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danyeung
Posting Yak Master

102 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-18 : 19:22:24

In the following, how do I extract data between the 3rd and 4th hyphen in case else? Thanks.

CASE Left(GL.GLAccount, 25)
WHEN 'CPB01-7000000-1910-CP0289' THEN SUBSTRING(GL.GLAccount, 14, 4)
WHEN 'CAN02-7002000-1910-CP0278' THEN SUBSTRING(GL.GLAccount, 14, 4)
ELSE ???
END as GlAccount2,

jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2886 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-18 : 19:45:17

can use parsename for this. see: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/jeffs/archive/2003/09/30/195.aspx

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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-18 : 22:48:50

only if GLAccount contains maximum of 4 parts

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danyeung
Posting Yak Master

102 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 10:50:53

Parsename parses ".". The string I have is "-". Please advise.

jimf
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2875 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 10:56:13

Use REPLACE first

PARSENAME(REPLACE(GLAccount,'-','.'),2)

Jim

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robvolk
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15732 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 10:56:20

SELECT PARSENAME(REPLACE(Left(GL.GLAccount, 25),'-','.'),2)

jimf
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2875 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 10:58:02

It took you seven seconds to type SELECT?

Jim

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danyeung
Posting Yak Master

102 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 11:04:26

Yes, I thought about using replace after posted. You guys are quick. :)

However, I got all null with he following.

declare @str as varchar(max)
set @str = 'be CPB01-7000000-1910-CP0289-880-000-254-000'

select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 1)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 2)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 3)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 4)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 5)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 6)

robvolk
Most Valuable Yak

15732 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 11:22:11

quote:
Originally posted by jimf

It took you seven seconds to type SELECT?

Hey, six letters and a space, one second each. I put care and thought and uh, what was I gonna say, um, other quality stuff in my typing!

jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2875 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 11:49:47

quote:

Yes, I thought about using replace after posted. You guys are quick. :)

However, I got all null with he following.

declare @str as varchar(max)
set @str = 'be CPB01-7000000-1910-CP0289-880-000-254-000'

select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 1)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 2)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 3)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 4)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 5)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 6)

See Visakh's post

quote:

Posted - 06/18/2012 : 22:48:50
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only if GLAccount contains maximum of 4 parts

Jim

Everyday I learn something that somebody else already knew

danyeung
Posting Yak Master

102 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 11:55:01

quote:
Originally posted by danyeung

I got all null with he following.

declare @str as varchar(max)
set @str = 'be CPB01-7000000-1910-CP0289-880-000-254-000'

select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 1)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 2)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 3)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 4)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 5)
select parsename(replace(@str, '-', '.'), 6)

This example doesn't use the GL Account. I expect to see "000" for 1, "254" for 2, "000" for 3, "880" for 4, and so on. Instead, I got all null.

jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2875 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 11:56:03

You could use Visakh's ParseValues function which will turn your string into a table, and then select the value where ID = 4

Jim

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visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2012-06-19 : 15:21:15

here it is

http://visakhm.blogspot.com/2010/02/parsing-delimited-string.html

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