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SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqments 35

by jephperro <jeff.perreault@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 9, 2008 at 12:45 PM

Hi there,

I'm having a really tough time with a SQL statement and I am wondering
if someone is able to help out or point me in the right direction.

I have a table of names which can be very long.  These names get
printed on envelopes.  The problem is the envelope can only hold 35
characters per line.  I have to divide into 4 lines at most.

So I need to separate these long varchars into segments, no longer
than 35 characters but preserving whole words.

So far my approach has been to take a LEFT segment, REVERSE it, find
the first space with CHARINDEX and use it to calculate how many
characters to take in a SUBBSTRING.

Here's an example of what I have been trying.  I can find the first
two segments, but then it starts to get confusing.


DECLARE @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  varchar(100) ;
SET @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 = 'BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOUNDATION OF ONTARIO HAPPY IF SOMEONE
CAN HELP SOLVE THIS SQL PROBLEM';
SELECT
@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 as ORIGINALSTRING,
-- LEN(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ) as [LengthOfOriginal],
-- REVERSE(LEFT(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 34)) as reverseL,
35-(charindex(' ', REVERSE(LEFT(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 34)),0)) as
LocationOfLastSpaceBeforeBreaking,
SUBSTRING(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 0, 35-(charindex(' ', REVERSE(LEFT(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 34)),0)))
as PART1,
SUBSTRING(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 35-(charindex(' ', REVERSE(LEFT(@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 34)),0)), 35 )
as PART2,
' ? ' as PART3,
' ? ' as PART4

Can anyone suggest a better approach?  Am I going to be able to do
this in SQL?

I appreciate any help.

Jeff
 




 7 Posts in Topic:
SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqments
jephperro <jeff.perrea  2008-05-09 12:45:21 
Re: SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqm
Erland Sommarskog <esq  2008-05-11 21:46:20 
Re: SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqm
eisaacs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-12 17:33:26 
Re: SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqm
--CELKO-- <jcelko212@[  2008-05-13 12:13:30 
Re: SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqm
steve <rog11228@[EMAIL  2008-05-14 03:23:23 
Re: SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqm
steve <rog11228@[EMAIL  2008-05-16 19:18:06 
Re: SQL Statement Problem : Separate long varchar into word seqm
Ed Murphy <emurphy42@[  2008-05-19 23:08:24 

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