Select a substring from a given string in SQL?

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I have following string
CTO247\SPFI\Images\OutImages\SET04012016\BATCH_07042016124801\PS_20160407190200550\98394

I need to select PS_20160407190200550 from the above string. How can I achieve this. I have tried following solution in tried section. But it gives result like this

PS_20160407190200550\98394

What I have tried:

declare @variable varchar(max)
set @variable = 'CTO 247\SPFI\Images\OutImages\SET04012016\BATCH_07042016124801\PS_20160407190200550\98394'
select Substring(@variable,CharIndex('PS_', @variable), CharIndex('PS', @variable))

Posted 19-Apr-16 5:17am

touseef4pk

Updated 19-Apr-16 5:31am

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PeejayAdams · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-19T05:31:00

Solution 1

It's easiest just to do the splitting over two lines ...

DECLARE @variable VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @variable = 'CTO 247\SPFI\Images\OutImages\SET04012016\BATCH_07042016124801\PS_20160407190200550\98394'
SET @variable = SUBSTRING(@variable,CharIndex('PS_', @variable), LEN(@variable))
SELECT SUBSTRING(@variable, 0, CHARINDEX('\', @variable))

Posted 19-Apr-16 5:31am

PeejayAdams

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