How to select substring in sql server

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I have a column Name and his value is-----

Ram 88888888
Ravi 9999999999
jyotish 3333333333

I want the output is

Ram
Ravi
Jyotish

Posted 9-Jan-14 23:21pm

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AmitGajjar 10-Jan-14 5:29am

didnt get you. can you elaborate ?

AmitGajjar 10-Jan-14 5:30am

do you want to get string before space or you want name without digits ?

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Please have a look:

SQL

SELECT SUBSTRING(COLUMNNAME,0,CHARINDEX(' ',COLUMNNAME))  FROM TABLENAME

Posted 9-Jan-14 23:36pm

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Tom Marvolo Riddle 10-Jan-14 5:56am

A very good alternative 5!

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Tom Marvolo Riddle · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-09T23:29:00

Try this:

SELECT LEFT(columnname,PATINDEX('%[^a-z]%', columnname+'a')-1) FROM tablename

Posted 9-Jan-14 23:29pm