How do I replace a string in the input string if input string has a substring in the table rows?

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I have a single column table with values as below:

ACT ONLY
NSW ONLY
QLD ONLY

If i now pass a string say, "ABC - QLD ONLY", then i need to get back "ABC" as a result (as "QLD ONLY" is in the table row).
Can anyone please help me solve this?

Thank you.

What I have tried:

I have tried creating a function, with no success.

Posted 7-Jan-18 18:07pm

TECHBUZZ69

Updated 8-Jan-18 12:43pm

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-07T19:00:00

SQL

try

<pre>

declare @table table ( col nvarchar(50) )

insert into @table values ('ACT ONLY')
insert into @table values ('NSW ONLY')
insert into @table values ('QLD ONLY')

declare @find  nvarchar(50)
declare @result  nvarchar(50)
set @find ='ABC - QLD ONLY'
set  @result =    ( select top 1 col from @table where @find like '%'+col+'%')
if(@result is not null )
begin
 select @result = REPLACE(@find , @result ,'') 
  select @result = REPLACE(@result , '-' ,'') 
end
select  @result -- ABC

Bryian Tan · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-07T19:44:00

Solution 2

This should work too

SQL

DECLARE @temp TABLE (Col1 VARCHAR(50))
DECLARE @input VARCHAR(50)

SET @input = 'ABC - QLD ONLY'

INSERT INTO @temp
	SELECT 'ACT ONLY' UNION SELECT 'NSW ONLY' UNION SELECT 'QLD ONLY'

SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE(@input, col1, ''),' - ','') FROM @temp
WHERE CHARINDEX(col1,@input)  > 0

Posted 7-Jan-18 19:44pm

Bryian Tan

Comments

Maciej Los 9-Jan-18 3:37am

5ed!

Bryian Tan 9-Jan-18 9:00am

Thanks.