SQL Server: How do you remove punctuation from a field?

Question

Any one know a good way to remove punctuation from a field in SQL Server?

I\'m thinking

UPDATE tblMyTable SET FieldName = REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(FieldNa         


        

Answer 1

I am proposing 2 solutions

Solution 1: Make a noise table and replace the noises with blank spaces

e.g.

DECLARE @String VARCHAR(MAX)
DECLARE @Noise TABLE(Noise VARCHAR(100),ReplaceChars VARCHAR(10))
SET @String = 'hello! how * > are % u (: . I am ok :). Oh nice!'

INSERT INTO @Noise(Noise,ReplaceChars)
SELECT '!',SPACE(1) UNION ALL SELECT '@',SPACE(1) UNION ALL
SELECT '#',SPACE(1) UNION ALL SELECT '$',SPACE(1) UNION ALL
SELECT '%',SPACE(1) UNION ALL SELECT '^',SPACE(1) UNION ALL
SELECT '&',SPACE(1) UNION ALL SELECT '*',SPACE(1) UNION ALL
SELECT '(',SPACE(1) UNION ALL SELECT ')',SPACE(1) UNION ALL
SELECT '{',SPACE(1) UNION ALL SELECT '}',SPACE(1) UNION ALL
SELECT '<',SPACE(1) UNION ALL SELECT '>',SPACE(1) UNION ALL
SELECT ':',SPACE(1)

SELECT @String = REPLACE(@String, Noise, ReplaceChars) FROM @Noise
SELECT @String Data

Solution 2: With a number table

DECLARE @String VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @String = 'hello! & how * > are % u (: . I am ok :). Oh nice!'

;with numbercte as
(
 select 1 as rn
 union all
 select rn+1 from numbercte where rn','<','%','(',')',':','!','&','@','#','$')

for xml path(''))X(FilteredData)

Output(Both the cases)

Data

hello  how   are  u  . I am ok . Oh nice

Note- I have just put some of the noises. You may need to put the noises that u need.

Hope this helps