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RegEx in TSQL

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phinix
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Posted - 2015-04-28 : 05:26:34

Hi guys, I have this function in VB that I used in Access to replace all non-alphanumeric characters, including spaces and anything in brackets.

[CODE]Public Function charOnly3(inputString As String) As String
Dim RE As Object

Set RE = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp")

RE.Pattern = "\([^)]+\)|[^\w]|_"

RE.Global = True
charOnly3 = RE.Replace(inputString, "")

Set RE = Nothing

End Function[/CODE]Now, I moved to SQL server and I'm writing scripts to do same thing.

How can I use RegEx in TSQL?
Only thing I will do is that function.

robvolk
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15732 Posts

Posted - 2015-04-28 : 06:59:34

A CLR function can perform RegEx operations in SQL 2005 and higher:

https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/clr-assembly-regex-functions-for-sql-server-by-example/

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