SQL Server/T-SQL/String Functions/REPLACE
REPLACE: all instances of the second string in the first are replaced by the third string
1> -- REPLACE: all instances of the second string in the first are replaced by the third string.
2>
3> -- REPLACE(string to search, string to find, string to replace)
4>
5> SELECT REPLACE("www.sqle.ru","a","sql server")
6> GO
--------------------------------------------
www.jsql servervsql server2s.ru
(1 rows affected)
1>
REPLACE(): replace all occurrences of one character or substring
5>
6>
7> -- REPLACE(): replace all occurrences of one character or substring
8>
9> DECLARE @Phrase VarChar(1000)
10> SET @Phrase = "a a a a a a a a"
11> SELECT REPLACE(@Phrase, "a", "B")
12>
13> GO
--------------------------------------------------------------------
B B B B B B B B
(1 rows affected)
1>
REPLACE spaces
1> create table employee(
2> ID int,
3> name nvarchar (10),
4> salary int,
5> start_date datetime,
6> city nvarchar (10),
7> region char (1))
8> GO
1>
2> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
3> values (1, "Jason", 40420, "02/01/94", "New York", "W")
4> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (2, "Robert",14420, "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (3, "Celia", 24020, "12/03/96", "Toronto", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (4, "Linda", 40620, "11/04/97", "New York", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (5, "David", 80026, "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (6, "James", 70060, "09/06/99", "Toronto", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (7, "Alison",90620, "08/07/00", "New York", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (8, "Chris", 26020, "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name, salary, start_date, city, region)
2> values (9, "Mary", 60020, "06/09/02", "Toronto", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee
3> GO
ID name salary start_date city region
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
1 Jason 40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York W
2 Robert 14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
3 Celia 24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
4 Linda 40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York N
5 David 80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver W
6 James 70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto N
7 Alison 90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York W
8 Chris 26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver N
9 Mary 60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto W
(9 rows affected)
1>
2> SELECT TOP 3 Name, REPLACE(Name + " " + Name, " ", " ") FROM Employee
3> GO
Name
---------------------------------------------------
Jason Jason Jason
Robert Robert Robert
Celia Celia Celia
(3 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table employee
3> GO
1>