I have a string that has repeating chars
I mean ‘vvabcdcbb’

I want to only find the one vv, bb
please suggest me.

How to remove spaces in middle of the string after the comma in sql server 2005.

Regards,
V.Poongodi

You can use following funtion to remove duplicate entry from string….
First I have convert values from list to table then select distinct then convert table to string…

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_List2Table
(
@List VARCHAR(MAX),
@Delim CHAR
)
RETURNS
@ParsedList TABLE
(
item VARCHAR(MAX)
)
AS
BEGIN
declare @list1 varchar(max), @Pos int
set @list = ltrim(rtrim(@list))+@Delim
Set @pos = charindex(@delim, @list, 1)
while @pos > 0
Begin
set @list1 = ltrim(rtrim(left(@list, @pos – 1)))
if @list1 ”
Insert into @ParsedList values (cast(@list1 as varchar(max)))
set @list = substring(@list, @pos+1, len(@list))
set @pos = charindex(@delim, @list, 1)
end
Return

end

declare @list varchar(max)
select @list = coalesce(@list+’,',”) + A.item from (SELECT distinct item FROM dbo.udf_List2Table(’342,34,456,34,3454,456,’,',’)) as A
print @list

Let me know if if your problem has been solved by this….

declare @i int
declare @c char
declare @rst varchar(8000)
set @i=1
set @rst=substring(‘aaassrt’,1,1)
set @c=”

while @i<=len(‘aaassrt’)
begin
set @c=substring(‘aaassrt’,@i,1)
if charindex( @c,@rst,1)=0
set @rst=@rst+@c
set @i=@i+1
end
select @rst

try this

select * from table
where ‘&’+@search_string+’&’ like ‘%&’+cast(col as varchar(10))+’&%’

thanks for your reply. the query is returning the values like :
1
3
23

So there is no need to split the values.

Actually i didnt design the database, somebody else did. I was just asked to help regarding this issue.

Right now they are constructing a dinamic query in the program by using LIKE based on the query results and then passing it to SQL SERVER.

many LIKEs in the query is really slowing down the process. So i want to know is there any other way to make it fast.

You need to split the values return from another query and check againt table column. Search for Split + sql server in google

Also I suggest you to read about normalisation

i have table with the data like below:

ids_cloumn
========================
1 , 2 , 4 , 23 , 12 , 11 , 9 , 8 , 7 , 10 ,
1 , 3 , 4 , 21 , 16 , 12 , 19 , 10 ,
2 , 3 , 6 , 24 , 15 , 18 , 9 , 8 ,
3 , 5 , 8 , 27 , 14 , 19 , 39 , 7 , 13 ,
1 , 7 , 9 , 28 , 19 , 11 , 29 , 8 ,

i am having a list of nos with me (coming from another query)
ex1: 1, 3 & 23
ex2 : 1, 6, 34 & 23

now i want to retrieve the list of rows which is having any of the nos.

is there any other way with out using “LIKE %”

If i am using like i need to write so many OR conditions based on the inputs.

thanks