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Find last index of character in string

jkmyoung
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Hi, can anyone point me to a function in MSSQL that returns the last index of a character in a string? I'm trying to find the base filename from a field that returns the full path.

Eg. if db contained rows:
C:\temp\file1.bat
C:\temp\Aug10\file2.bat

I would want as result:
file1.bat
file2.bat


The only solution I've come up with so far is to create a temporary table with the filenames, and recurse using update statements on the table until there are no more updates. There has to be a better solution.
Oct 8 '08 #1
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ck9663
2,878 Expert 2GB
Use CHARINDEX() to find the last "\". Start the search from the right.

Then use RIGHT() or SUBSTRING(). You might also need the LEN() function.

Good luck

-- CK
Oct 8 '08 #2

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