Removing repeated duplicated characters

Question

I have a string in my stored proc like \',,,sam,,bob,\' or \',,,\' from the above string I have to delete multiple commas from it, it must look like <

Answer 1

try this

SELECT @Parameter AS 'BEFORE'
BEGIN
WHILE CHARINDEX(',,', @Parameter) > 0
    BEGIN
        SELECT @Parameter = REPLACE(@Parameter, ',,',',') 
    END
SELECT @Parameter AS 'AFTER'
END