I have a database column and its give a string like ,Recovery, Pump Exchange,
.
I want remove first and last comma from string.
Expected Result : Recovery, Pump Exchange
.
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Answer
You can use SUBSTRING
for that:
SELECT SUBSTRING(col, 2, LEN(col)-2) FROM ...
Obviously, an even better approach would be not to put leading and trailing commas there in the first place, if this is an option.
I want to remove last and first comma only if exist otherwise not.
The expression becomes a little more complex, but the idea remains the same:
SELECT SUBSTRING( col , CASE LEFT(@col,1) WHEN ',' THEN 2 ELSE 1 END , LEN(@col) -- Start with the full length -- Subtract 1 for comma on the left - CASE LEFT(@col,1) WHEN ',' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END -- Subtract 1 for comma on the right - CASE RIGHT(@col,1) WHEN ',' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END ) FROM ...