On 6 Feb 2006 13:53:35 -0800, KR wrote:

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>Subject: Extract Number from Fields - SQL
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>I am new to the SQL world, and I am trying to come up with a script
>that will extract only the numerical data from a column of varchar
>data type . There is not a pattern to the data entered, except that
>the data that
>I am looking to extract is a three digit number. If someone could
>point me in the right direction that would be great.

Hi KR,

The function you would use to find where a three digit sequence in
varchar data is located is

POSINDEX ('%[0-9][0-9][0-9]%', CharData)

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Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP