Remove numbers from string sql server

Solution 1:

1st option -

You can nest REPLACE() functions up to 32 levels deep. It runs fast.

REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE
(REPLACE (@str, '0', ''),
'1', ''),
'2', ''),
'3', ''),
'4', ''),
'5', ''),
'6', ''),
'7', ''),
'8', ''),
'9', '')

2nd option -- do the reverse of -

Removing nonnumerical data out of a number + SQL

3rd option - if you want to use regex

then http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=27205

Solution 2:

This one works for me

CREATE Function [dbo].[RemoveNumericCharacters](@Temp VarChar(1000))
Returns VarChar(1000)
AS
Begin

    Declare @NumRange as varchar(50) = '%[0-9]%'
    While PatIndex(@NumRange, @Temp) > 0
        Set @Temp = Stuff(@Temp, PatIndex(@NumRange, @Temp), 1, '')

    Return @Temp
End

and you can use it like so

SELECT dbo.[RemoveNumericCharacters](Name) FROM TARGET_TABLE

Solution 3:

Try below for your query. where val is your string or column name.

CASE WHEN PATINDEX('%[a-z]%', REVERSE(val)) > 1
                THEN LEFT(val, LEN(val) - PATINDEX('%[a-z]%', REVERSE(val)) + 1)
            ELSE '' END

Solution 4:

One more approach using Recursive CTE..

declare @string varchar(100)
set @string ='te165st1230004616161616'

;With cte
as
(
select @string as string,0  as n
union all
select cast(replace(string,n,'') as varchar(100)),n+1
from cte
where n<9
)
select top 1 string from cte
order by n desc


**Output:**   
  test