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In MS SQL Server I need to update a substring of data within a column based on a change to two parts of the string.

The column accountcode exists currently as:

0100-0001

I need to change this to

10-0004-9999-000006

The logic to this change is:

0100 changes to 10-0004-xxxx-000006

and 0001 changes to xx-xxxx-9999-xxxxxx

I can perform a replace command to change the second 'segment' in the column first, as this is unique. How would I then go about changing the rest of the string around it?
Oct 12 '06 #1
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Fausto Guerini
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Where does the change rule come from? You have a transformation table?
Explain better please.
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Fausto
Oct 13 '06 #2

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