How to replace a value using two table values in select query

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I have two table.

one table contain below values.

itmID itmName
1 SE
2 TR
3 AV
4 LV

second table contain like..

screen
1:2
3:4
1:2:4:3
1:4:2
4:2

now i want to display my output like below format using SELECT statement.

SE:TR
AV:LV
SE:TR:LV:AV
SE:LV:TR
LV:TR

Posted 24-Mar-13 20:56pm

Updated 24-Mar-13 21:11pm

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-24T21:33:00

First of all, bad tables design! You need to rethink it and redesign.

You can achieve that using REPLACE[^] function.

SQL

SELECT REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(screens, '1', 'SE'), '2', 'TR'), '3', 'AV'), '4', 'LV') AS 'NewScreens'
FROM screen

Posted 24-Mar-13 21:33pm