RE: Strip list of characters from a field using SQL

["Briggs, Trevor (TBriggs2)" <TBriggs2@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marc,

A brief Google search yielded this solution. I think you'll need to create a function like this one:

Create Function [dbo].[RemoveNonAlphaCharacters](@Temp VarChar(1000)) 
Returns VarChar(1000) 
AS 
Begin      

	While PatIndex('%[^a-z]%', @Temp) > 0
         Set @Temp = Stuff(@Temp, PatIndex('%[^a-z]%', @Temp), 1, '')

      Return @Temp
End 

Call it like this:

Select dbo.RemoveNonAlphaCharacters(myfield)

Trevor Briggs
Analyst/Programmer
Lincare, Inc.
(727) 431-1246
TBriggs2@xxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Couture
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 1:00 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System i
Subject: Re: Strip list of characters from a field using SQL

Luis,

I would rather prefer which characters i would like to extract...

I.e. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. And drop all others characters.

Thanks.

Sent from my iPad

On Aug 23, 2012, at 12:52, "Luis Rodriguez" <luisro58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Marc,
>
> Using REPLACE? Something like:
>
> REPLACE(myfield, '/', '')
>
> HTH,
>
> Luis Rodriguez
> IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries
> -- 
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Marc Couture <couturem@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Possible stripping list of characters from a field using SQL ?
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > Marc/Couture.          Result = MarcCouture
> >
> > Regards,
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