No, there shouldnt be. charindex just returns the position of a character.. the name doesnt imply that it works with varchar only. And yes you'd use it within the select statement.. Select name, substring(mycol, charindex( '~',description), len(mycol - charindex( '~',description)) as descr from items
something like that would work. Try it and see. On 4/27/05, Che Vilnonis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > would this be done in the select statement? the field type for the column is > 'text' and not 'varchar'. > i think there would be issues with using charindex on a 'text' field. ugh > again... > > Che > > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Morphis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:28 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: ListGetAt in a SQL Select Statement... is this possible? > > I think you could use pretty much the same thing.. SQLServer has the > substring funstion but uses the Charindex (I think) to find the start > position.. > So you might want to try something like : > substring(mycol, charindex(mycol, '~'), len(mycol - charindex(mycol, '~')) > this hasnt been tested, so it may need some tweaking > > On 4/27/05, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was once told that dealing with a list of data in MSSQL was easier than > in > > Oracle. Perhaps someone well versed in MSSQL could chime in with a > solution. > > It probably is not as hard as you think it will be to get done. > > > > On 4/27/05, Che Vilnonis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Aaron/Greg... I have M$ SQL Server 2000. I understand the premise of > what > > > you say... unfortunately, my CF skills are much better than my MS SQL > > > skills. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:204681 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
