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 Sub string from between two delimiting characters

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kwikwisi
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

283 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-27 : 03:30:23
I jst want to get a sub string from between two delimiting characters Eg. 123-abc-456 , desired string is 'abc'

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nigelrivett
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

3385 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-27 : 03:44:04
is this a column in a tabke or a single variable?
select col, substring(col,strtloc+1,endloc-strtloc-1)
from
(
select col, strtloc,endloc=charindex('-',col,strtlod+1)
from (select col, strtloc=charindex('-',col) from tbl) a
) a


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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2010-12-27 : 08:22:22
If dot is not part of data, you can use


select parsename(replace(col,'-','.'),2) from table

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