Select a string between two known strings and output greater than one

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I have to select in between | and length should be greater than one.

DECLARE @c varchar(100)

set @c = 'Leslie|Nicole|McCrory'

SELECT SUBSTRING(STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), ''), 0, CHARINDEX('|', STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), '')))

Result : Nicole

DECLARE @c varchar(100)

set @c = 'Leslie|N|McCrory'

SELECT SUBSTRING(STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), ''), 0, CHARINDEX('|', STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), '')))

Result : N

I need the result, which should be greater than one. (i.e) Leslie|N|McCrory => from this N should not be selected.

Output result should be greater than one. Say "Leslie|N|McCrory" => N should not selected @FelixPamittan — Magesh K
– Magesh K, Commented Dec 28, 2015 at 6:45

HoneyBadger · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-28 08:40:11Z

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Do you mean something like:

DECLARE @c varchar(100)

set @c = 'Leslie|N|McCrory'

SELECT SUBSTRING(STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), ''), 0, CHARINDEX('|', STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), '')))
WHERE LEN(SUBSTRING(STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), ''), 0, CHARINDEX('|', STUFF(@c, 1, CHARINDEX('|',@c), '')))) > 1

answered Dec 28, 2015 at 8:40

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HoneyBadger Over a year ago

You're welcome. By the way, you may want to put the substring method in a subquery, so you only have to do it once

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