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

Can't you use PATINDEX to only include NUMBERS and LETTERS instead of trying to guess what punctuation might be in the field? (Not trying to be snarky, if I had the code ready, I'd share it...but this is what I'm looking for).

Seems like you need to create a custom function in order to avoid a giant list of replace functions in your queries - here's a good example:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/SQLPhoneNumbersPart_2.aspx?display=Print