Modify cells with similar format in SQL table

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hello

i need to modify some cells in a sql table

i had cells like this in a colum called description:

10000259 - 10000259 - CATHETER SUCTION 10 FR, WITH FINGER TIP CONTROL DISPOSABLE, STERILE

10000304 - 10000304 - CLIP, HEAMOSTATIC, MEDIUM , TITANIUM, WHITE, SINGLE USE, STERILE

i neeed to delete only the numbers:

CATHETER SUCTION 10 FR, WITH FINGER TIP CONTROL DISPOSABLE, STERILE

CLIP, HEAMOSTATIC, MEDIUM , TITANIUM, WHITE, SINGLE USE, STERILE

i need a funtion becouse i have to modify around 2000, all the numbers in this cells i need to delete had 8 digits.

can someone help me with this
thanks in advance

What I have tried:

update table
 set description = 'CATHETER SUCTION 10 FR, WITH FINGER TIP CONTROL ' where description = '10000259 - 10000259 - CATHETER SUCTION 10 FR, WITH FINGER TIP CONTROL '

Posted 19-Mar-18 6:49am

drvfn

Updated 19-Mar-18 7:05am

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-19T07:06:00

Solution 1

Since all of the numbers are the same length, something like this should work:

SQL

UPDATE
    Table
SET
    Description = Substring(Description, 23, Len(Description) - 22)
WHERE
    Description Like '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] - [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] - %'
;

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Posted 19-Mar-18 7:06am

Richard Deeming

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Maciej Los 19-Mar-18 14:12pm

5ed!