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To remove or replace multiple special character from string using sql queries.

In FN_REMOVE_SPECIAL_CHARACTER] we make use of WITH clause CTE to store the resultset of all special character in one row table.To remove unwanted special characters,we pass string input values and apply string's replace funtion having special character match values from CTE table .


CREATE FUNCTION [FN_REMOVE_SPECIAL_CHARACTER] (  
 @INPUT_STRING varchar(300))
RETURNS VARCHAR(300)
AS 
BEGIN
 
--declare @testString varchar(100),
DECLARE @NEWSTRING VARCHAR(100) 
-- set @teststring = '@san?poojari(darsh)'
 SET @NEWSTRING = @INPUT_STRING ; 
With SPECIAL_CHARACTER as
(
SELECT '>' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '<' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '(' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT ')' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '!' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '?' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '@' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '*' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '%' as item
UNION ALL 
SELECT '$' as item
 )
SELECT @NEWSTRING = Replace(@NEWSTRING, ITEM, '') FROM SPECIAL_CHARACTER  
return @NEWSTRING 
END
select dbo.[FN_REMOVE_SPECIAL_CHARACTER] ('@s()antosh')

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Comments and Discussions

 
QuestionAvoid multiple special charecters in email address Pin
Member 117321661-Nov-15 21:05
Member 117321661-Nov-15 21:05 
GeneralMy vote of 4 Pin
harirg19-Sep-13 18:30
harirg19-Sep-13 18:30 
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
Amol_B30-Oct-12 20:32
professionalAmol_B30-Oct-12 20:32 
GeneralMy vote of 5 Pin
delaramin2fun28-Aug-12 19:41
delaramin2fun28-Aug-12 19:41 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 Very helpful string function Pin
ying shen30-Nov-11 16:44
ying shen30-Nov-11 16:44 
Reason for my vote of 5
Very helpful string function
GeneralReason for my vote of 2 it good but nt the best Pin
spydeehunk5-Jan-11 1:57
spydeehunk5-Jan-11 1:57 

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