In SQL Server can you find the first number in a string?

Question

I have a varchar(50) sql server column with data like this:

RawData
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Washington 40 New Orleans 32
Detroit 27 St. Louis 23
         


        

Answer 1

Here is a very ugly implementation of PATINDEX() which returns the data in the multiple columns:

SELECT rtrim(substring(RawData, 1, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', RawData) -1)) WinningTeam,
    ltrim(rtrim(substring(RawData, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', RawData), 2))) WinningTeamScore,
    reverse(ltrim(rtrim(substring(reverse(SUBSTRING(RawData, 1, LEN(rawdata) - (PATINDEX('%[aA-zZ]%', REVERSE(rawData)) - PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', reverse(RawData))))), 1, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', SUBSTRING(RawData, 1, LEN(rawdata) - (PATINDEX('%[aA-zZ]%', REVERSE(rawData)) - PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', reverse(RawData))))))))) LosingTeam,
    substring(reverse(RawData), PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', reverse(RawData)), (PATINDEX('%[aA-zZ]%', REVERSE(rawData)) - PATINDEX('%[0-9]%', reverse(RawData)))) LosingTeamScore
from yourtable

See SQL Fiddle with Demo