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

If it's a one-off thing, I would use a C# + LINQ snippet in LINQPad to do the job with regular expressions.

It is quick and easy and you don't have to go through the process of setting up a CLR stored procedure and then cleaning up after yourself.