i have this kind of row:
[Arturo Ochando] <20>
But i want only:
Arturo Ochando
How can i do that ?
And how use this in a 'select' operation ?
update: i would like to find the first and the last '[' ']' and catch only what is inside there.
Example:
voice: English version) [Cobalt Claw]
return
Cobalt Claw
Best regards, Valter Henrique.
Get text between first [ and next ].
-- cte for test data
;with actor_character(character) AS
(
select 'voice: English version) [Cobalt Claw]' union all
select 'voice: English version) [Cobalt Claw' union all
select 'voice: English version) Cobalt Claw]' union all
select 'voice: English version) ]Cobalt Claw[' union all
select 'voice: English version) Cobalt Claw'
)
select *,
case
-- Test for not valid positions
when Start.Pos = 1 or Stop.Pos = 0
then character
else substring(character, Start.Pos, Stop.Pos-Start.Pos)
end
from actor_character
cross apply (select charindex('[', character)+1) as Start(Pos)
cross apply (select charindex(']', character, Start.Pos)) as Stop(Pos)
Get text between first [ and last ].
-- cte for test data
;with actor_character(character) AS
(
select 'voice: English version) [Cobalt Claw]' union all
select 'voice: English version) [Cobalt Claw' union all
select 'voice: English version) Cobalt Claw]' union all
select 'voice: English version) ]Cobalt Claw[' union all
select 'voice: English version) [Cobalt]Claw]' union all
select 'voice: English version) Cobalt Claw'
)
select *,
case
-- Test for not valid positions
when Start.Pos = 0 or Stop.Pos = 0 or Start.Pos > len(character)-Stop.Pos
then character
else substring(character, Start.Pos+1, len(character)-Stop.Pos-Start.Pos)
end
from actor_character
cross apply (select charindex('[', character)) as Start(Pos)
cross apply (select charindex(']', reverse(character))) as Stop(Pos)
] instead.
It sounds like you need a regular expression, to get the data you need out of your source string.
http://justgeeks.blogspot.com/2008/08/adding-regular-expressions-regex-to-sql.html
http://blog.tech-cats.com/2007/09/using-regular-expression-in-sql-server.html
select substring(field, charindex('[', field) + 1, charindex(']', field) - charindex('[', field) - 1)
