How to Remove first character from string in sql server

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from below string i want to remove He replace with other character .suppose ABC
He is a positive influence on other students

I am using replace function in sql server.
replace(He is a positive influence on other students, 'He','ABC')
I got one problem
see Output
ABC is a positive influence on oABCr students

but i want to make first character to replace

please help..
thanks in advance.

Posted 5-Mar-14 0:21am

Amol Jadhao

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05T00:29:00

Solution 1

SQL also has SUBSTRING[^] so:

SQL

SELECT 'ABC' + SUBSTRING(myColumn, 3, LEN(MyColumn)) FROM MyTable

Will remove the first two characters and tack on ABC

[edit]Missed a close bracket[/edit]

Posted 5-Mar-14 0:29am

OriginalGriff

Updated 5-Mar-14 0:30am

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Amol Jadhao 5-Mar-14 6:44am

this solution doesn't work out...because,
if string don't having "HE" character then what happen.
i want to find first character in string .If it is "HE" then only replace.

OriginalGriff 5-Mar-14 6:54am

So try:
SELECT CASE WHEN DATA LIKE 'He%'
THEN 'ABC' + SUBSTRING(myColumn, 3, LEN(MyColumn))
ELSE myColumn
END
FROM MyTable

Ramug10 · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-05T00:38:00

Try the below script

SQL

declare @str     varchar(1000),
  @word    varchar(100),
  @newword  varchar(100)

select  @str   = 'He is a positive influence on other students',
  @word  = 'He',
  @newword  = 'ABC'

select  @str Old, stuff(@str, charindex(@word, @str), len(@word), @newword) new