looking for help to parse in t-sql

Hello,
I have a column of varchar that has data of 4-5 I need to manipulate the
data in a query to get it into another table to where the value would be
0040005. How could I accomplish this by parsing out the -? Other data could
be 12-99, 1-234 which in turn should be 0120099, 0010234. Any help would be
appreciated. Thanks.
JakeHope this helps
CREATE TABLE #test
(col1 VARCHAR(5))
INSERT INTO #test VALUES('4-5')
INSERT INTO #test VALUES('12-99')
INSERT INTO #test VALUES('1-234')
SELECT
CASE WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 2 THEN RIGHT('0000000'
+REPLACE(col1,'-', '000'),7)
WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 3 THEN RIGHT('0000000' +
REPLACE(col1,'-', '00'),7)
WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 4 THEN RIGHT('0000000' +
REPLACE(col1,'-', '0'),7)
END
FROM #test
Thanks
GYK
"Jake" wrote:

> Hello,
> I have a column of varchar that has data of 4-5 I need to manipulate t
he
> data in a query to get it into another table to where the value would be
> 0040005. How could I accomplish this by parsing out the -? Other data coul
d
> be 12-99, 1-234 which in turn should be 0120099, 0010234. Any help would b
e
> appreciated. Thanks.
> Jake
>
>|||GYK,
This is great thank you. If possible could you walk me through this so I
could learn how it worked? I got the charindex but and confused with teh
reverse and then right +replace idea. I truly appreciate it.
Jake
"GYK" <GYK@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hope this helps
> CREATE TABLE #test
> (col1 VARCHAR(5))
> INSERT INTO #test VALUES('4-5')
> INSERT INTO #test VALUES('12-99')
> INSERT INTO #test VALUES('1-234')
>
> SELECT
> CASE WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 2 THEN RIGHT('0000000'
> +REPLACE(col1,'-', '000'),7)
> WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 3 THEN RIGHT('0000000' +
> REPLACE(col1,'-', '00'),7)
> WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 4 THEN RIGHT('0000000' +
> REPLACE(col1,'-', '0'),7)
> END
> FROM #test
> Thanks
> GYK
> "Jake" wrote:
>|||Let us consider one statement as an example:
WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 2 THEN RIGHT('0000000'
+REPLACE(col1,'-', '000'),7)
--> First goal is to find out at what position '-' is available. So I used
charindex
--> But the position of '-' is not determined from left of the given
characters. For ex: charindex position is 2 for both 1st and 3rd row. So I
did the reverse of those characters. So that charindex is calculated from th
e
right of the char.
--> Replace function just replaces '-' with the specified characters . In
this case its '000'
--> Next step is to pad zeros to the left of the char. And you want to
retain the existing characters. So after the length of 40005, zero's will be
padded till the length becomes 7. See function RIGHT in BOL
Then I used case function to determine the position of '-' and the number of
zeros it should be replaced with.
If you generally look at these kind of statements, it looks complex but if
you breakdown into indivdual sections (from the inner params), it is pretty
easy.
HTH
GYK
"Jake" wrote:

> GYK,
> This is great thank you. If possible could you walk me through this so
I
> could learn how it worked? I got the charindex but and confused with teh
> reverse and then right +replace idea. I truly appreciate it.
> Jake
>
> "GYK" <GYK@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6DDBD65E-2D05-4560-9E27-9E2CE9488774@.microsoft.com...
>
>|||GYK
Thanks for the break down I appreciate it.
Jake
"GYK" <GYK@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F960FC9A-7F2A-44D1-911D-4AB5E016CC9C@.microsoft.com...[vbcol=seagreen]
> Let us consider one statement as an example:
> WHEN CHARINDEX('-', REVERSE(col1)) = 2 THEN RIGHT('0000000'
> +REPLACE(col1,'-', '000'),7)
> --> First goal is to find out at what position '-' is available. So I used
> charindex
> --> But the position of '-' is not determined from left of the given
> characters. For ex: charindex position is 2 for both 1st and 3rd row. So I
> did the reverse of those characters. So that charindex is calculated from
> the
> right of the char.
> --> Replace function just replaces '-' with the specified characters . In
> this case its '000'
> --> Next step is to pad zeros to the left of the char. And you want to
> retain the existing characters. So after the length of 40005, zero's will
> be
> padded till the length becomes 7. See function RIGHT in BOL
> Then I used case function to determine the position of '-' and the number
> of
> zeros it should be replaced with.
> If you generally look at these kind of statements, it looks complex but if
> you breakdown into indivdual sections (from the inner params), it is
> pretty
> easy.
> HTH
> GYK
>
> "Jake" wrote:
>|||CREATE TABLE #test
(col1 VARCHAR(5))
INSERT INTO #test VALUES('4-5')
INSERT INTO #test VALUES('12-99')
INSERT INTO #test VALUES('1-234')
SELECT
RIGHT('000'+SUBSTRING(col1,1,CHARINDEX('
-',col1)-1),4)+RIGHT('0000'+SUBSTRIN
G(col1,CHARINDEX('-',col1)+1,10),5)
FROM #test
Gary
"Jake" <rondican@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have a column of varchar that has data of 4-5 I need to manipulate
the
> data in a query to get it into another table to where the value would be
> 0040005. How could I accomplish this by parsing out the -? Other data
could
> be 12-99, 1-234 which in turn should be 0120099, 0010234. Any help would
be
> appreciated. Thanks.
> Jake
>