String Seprator( Removing and Replacing new charectors in string)

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In sql server i have a colum of string like

have a table like this

XML

Value   String
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1       Fruits - Apple, orange, Mango ; Flowers - Rose, Lilly, Lotous
2       Fruits - orange, Mango ; Flowers - Rose, Lotous
3       Fruits - Apple, orange, Mango
4       Fruits - Apple, orange, Mango ; Flowers - Rose

I want to convert the above column like below

XML

Value   String
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1       Apple, orange, Mango, Rose, Lilly, Lotous
2       orange, Mango, Rose, Lotous
3       Apple, orange, Mango
4       Apple, orange, Mango, Rose

Thanks in advance
Please let me know how to proceed with this.

Posted 2-Aug-13 1:56am

RajPraveenRJ

Updated 2-Aug-13 2:09am

Maciej Los

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Solution 1

Try this

SQL

update tableName
set ColumnName= replace(ColumnName, 'Fruits -', '')

or if just want to select

select  replace(ColumnName, 'Fruits -', '') from TableName

Posted 2-Aug-13 2:10am

Adarsh chauhan

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Maciej Los · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-02T02:17:00

All what you need to do is to use REPLACE[^] function ;)

Have a look at below example:

SQL

DECLARE @tbl TABLE ([Value] INT, String VARCHAR(MAX))

INSERT INTO @tbl ([Value], String)
SELECT 1, 'Fruits - Apple, orange, Mango ; Flowers - Rose, Lilly, Lotous'
UNION ALL SELECT 2, 'Fruits - orange, Mango ; Flowers - Rose, Lotous'
UNION ALL SELECT 3, 'Fruits - Apple, orange, Mango'
UNION ALL SELECT 4, 'Fruits - Apple, orange, Mango ; Flowers - Rose'

SELECT [Value], REPLACE(REPLACE([String], 'Fruits - ',''), ' ; Flowers - ', ', ') AS String
FROM @tbl

Result:

1   Apple, orange, Mango, Rose, Lilly, Lotous
2   orange, Mango, Rose, Lotous
3   Apple, orange, Mango
4   Apple, orange, Mango, Rose