Thanks and regards from Mexico.

YESSSS! Thank you for making this available. Works like a charm!

SELECT dbo.udf_StripHTML(‘ v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}UDF at SQLAuthority.com SQLAuthority.comalert(“Hi”); function testFunction(){alert(“Done”);}’)

Here i am update this query for removing style & script….

Just replacing chars with blank between this TAG’s [] – [] & [<script *] – []

Alter FUNCTION [dbo].[udf_StripHTML]
(@HTMLText VARCHAR(MAX))
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Start INT
DECLARE @End INT
DECLARE @Length INT

SET @Start = CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText)
SET @End = (len(”)-1)+CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText,CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText))
SET @Length = (@End – @Start) + 1
WHILE @Start > 0 AND @End > 0 AND @Length > 0
BEGIN

SET @HTMLText = STUFF(@HTMLText,@Start,@Length,”)
SET @Start = CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText)
SET @End = (len(”)-1) + CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText,CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText))
SET @Length = (@End – @Start) + 1
END

SET @Start = CHARINDEX(‘<script',@HTMLText)
SET @End = (len('’)-1)+CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText,CHARINDEX(‘ 0 AND @End > 0 AND @Length > 0
BEGIN

SET @HTMLText = STUFF(@HTMLText,@Start,@Length,”)
SET @Start = CHARINDEX(‘<script',@HTMLText)
SET @End = (len('’)-1) + CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText,CHARINDEX(‘<script',@HTMLText))
SET @Length = (@End – @Start) + 1
END

SET @Start = CHARINDEX('’,@HTMLText,CHARINDEX(‘ 0 AND @End > 0 AND @Length > 0
BEGIN
SET @HTMLText = STUFF(@HTMLText,@Start,@Length,”)
SET @Start = CHARINDEX(”,@HTMLText,CHARINDEX(‘<',@HTMLText))
SET @Length = (@End – @Start) + 1
END

RETURN LTRIM(RTRIM(@HTMLText))
END
GO

examples:
`Check out the content: And here should be the end`
`Check out the content: And here should be the end`

and function:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[uf_strip_html] (
@stingWithHTML varchar(max)
) RETURNS varchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
/* first part is to replace HTML entities with appropriate (for my needs) characters */
– replacing & with &
set @stingWithHTML = replace(@stingWithHTML, `&`, `&`);
– replacing   with space
set @stingWithHTML = replace(@stingWithHTML, ` `, ` `);
– replacing with space – I don`t need to count these ones
set @stingWithHTML = replace(@stingWithHTML, “, ` `);

declare @start int, @end int;
set @start = charindex(“, @stingWithHTML);

– by now should already have the text with almost clean html tags and need to exctract content between those
while (@start > 0 and @end > 0)
begin
set @stingWithHTML = stuff(@stingWithHTML, @start, @end – @start + 1, “);
set @start = charindex(“, @stingWithHTML);
end;

– removing front/trailing spaces if any
set @stingWithHTML = ltrim(rtrim(@stingWithHTML));

/* replacing these entities just now in order not to strip those during text extraction */
– replacing < with <
set @stingWithHTML = replace(@stingWithHTML, `<`, `
set @stingWithHTML = replace(@stingWithHTML, `>`, `>`);

RETURN @stingWithHTML;
END
go

Thanks for nice example. I’ve also as a Lazy Coder wanted just a little bit more from the function. Looking into his code – seems he’s got small mistake – replacing < and > before actually stripping the HTML tags out will result in a different result then it could actually be, i.e.:
‘Check out the content: And here should be the end’
and
‘Check out the content: And here should be the end’

Here is my version – a bit modified, but does same functionality:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[uf_strip_html] (
@stringWithHTML varchar(max)
) RETURNS varchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
/* first part is to replace HTML entities with appropriate (for my needs) characters */
– replacing & with &
set @stringWithHTML = replace(@stringWithHTML, ‘&’, ‘&’);
– replacing   with space
set @stringWithHTML = replace(@stringWithHTML, ‘ ’, ‘ ‘);
– replacing with space – I don’t need to count these ones
set @stringWithHTML = replace(@stringWithHTML, ”, ‘ ‘);

declare @start int, @end int;
set @start = charindex(”, @stringWithHTML);

– by now should already have the text with almost clean html tags and need to exctract content between those
while (@start > 0 and @end > 0)
begin
set @stringWithHTML = stuff(@stringWithHTML, @start, @end – @start + 1, ”);
set @start = charindex(”, @stringWithHTML);
end;

– removing front/trailing spaces if any
set @stringWithHTML = ltrim(rtrim(@stringWithHTML));

/* replacing these entities just now in order not to strip those during text extraction */
– replacing < with <
set @stringWithHTML = replace(@stringWithHTML, ‘<’, ‘
set @stringWithHTML = replace(@stringWithHTML, ‘>’, ‘>’);

RETURN @stringWithHTML;
END

Thanks again,
Vlad

How can I use this procedure to insert multiple html files in my existing table column.

Regards
Bobby

I wish to return a table.

how do i go about it ??

I wanted to know, if I’m inserting this record from this

control, how thw spaces are getting also inserted.

Regards,
SAROJ

It does not allow those chars yet. It removes everything between “greater than” and “lesser than” sign.

Regards,
Pinal Dave (SQLAuthority.com)

Thanks
Tim

Lazy Coder has improved code :
Stripping HTML from text in SQL Server 2005
Use either of the version according to your need.

Regards,
Pinal Dave (SQLAuthority.com)

Replace varchar(max) with varchar(8000) and you will get rid of errors.

sometimes the ‘ marks are not copied properly thats what I thought initially. please who post these articles should point out for which version this is compatible with.

you need to replace the ‘ in your text when you copy paste.