SQL Server equivalent of substring_index function in MySQL
My best bet is:
select substring(email,(charindex('@', email,1)+1),100) from yourtable;
assuming that TLD.EXT max 100 characters. You can increase as you like.
Good Luck
Try this solution based on T-SQL and XQuery((root/row)[position() <= sql:variable("@count")]):
T-SQL Scalar function:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SUBSTRING_INDEX
(
@str NVARCHAR(4000),
@delim NVARCHAR(1),
@count INT
)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(4000)
WITH SCHEMABINDING
BEGIN
DECLARE @XmlSourceString XML;
SET @XmlSourceString = (SELECT N'<root><row>' + REPLACE( (SELECT @str AS '*' FOR XML PATH('')) , @delim, N'</row><row>' ) + N'</row></root>');
RETURN STUFF
(
((
SELECT @delim + x.XmlCol.value(N'(text())[1]', N'NVARCHAR(4000)') AS '*'
FROM @XmlSourceString.nodes(N'(root/row)[position() <= sql:variable("@count")]') x(XmlCol)
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE
).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(4000)')),
1, 1, N''
);
END
GO
SELECT dbo.SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'www.somewebsite.com', N'.', 2) AS Result;
Output:
/*
Result
---------------
www.somewebsite
*/
or
TSQL Inline Table-Valued Function:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SUBSTRING_INDEX
(
@str NVARCHAR(4000),
@delim NVARCHAR(1),
@count INT
)
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN
WITH Base
AS
(
SELECT XmlSourceString = CONVERT(XML, (SELECT N'<root><row>' + REPLACE( (SELECT @str AS '*' FOR XML PATH('')) , @delim, N'</row><row>' ) + N'</row></root>'))
)
SELECT STUFF
(
((
SELECT @delim + x.XmlCol.value(N'(text())[1]', N'NVARCHAR(4000)') AS '*'
FROM Base b
CROSS APPLY b.XmlSourceString.nodes(N'(root/row)[position() <= sql:variable("@count")]') x(XmlCol)
FOR XML PATH(N''), TYPE
).value(N'.', N'NVARCHAR(4000)')),
1, 1, N''
) AS Result;
GO
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT N'www.somewebsite.com' UNION ALL
SELECT N'www.yahoo.com' UNION ALL
SELECT N'www.outlook.com'
) a(Value)
CROSS APPLY dbo.SUBSTRING_INDEX(a.Value, N'.', 2) b;
Output:
/*
Value Result
------------------- ---------------
www.somewebsite.com www.somewebsite
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo
www.outlook.com www.outlook
*/
I needed this recently, so I wrote the following stored function. At the end are a bunch of tests to make sure it operates exactly as the MySql function does (the expected results were copied from MySql after running the same tests there):
-- Function to reproduce the useful functionality of SUBSTRING_INDEX from MySql
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SUBSTRING_INDEX(@InString NVARCHAR(Max),
@Delimiter NVARCHAR(Max),
@Count INT)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(200)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @Pos INT;
DECLARE @DelimiterOffsets TABLE
(
i INT IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,
offset INT NOT NULL
);
-- If @Count is zero, we return '' as per spec
IF @Count = 0
BEGIN
RETURN '';
END;
DECLARE @OrigLength INT = LEN(@InString);
DECLARE @DelimiterLength INT = LEN(@Delimiter);
-- Prime the pump.
SET @Pos = Charindex(@Delimiter, @InString, 1);
-- If the delimiter does not exist in @InString, return the whole string
IF @Pos = 0
BEGIN
RETURN @InString;
END;
-- Put all delimiter offsets into @DelimiterOffsets, they get numbered automatically.
DECLARE @CurrentOffset INT = 0;
WHILE @Pos > 0
BEGIN
SET @CurrentOffset = @Pos;
INSERT INTO @DelimiterOffsets
(offset)
VALUES (@CurrentOffset);
SET @Pos = Charindex(@Delimiter, @InString, @CurrentOffset + @DelimiterLength);
END;
-- This number is guaranteed to be > 0.
DECLARE @DelimitersFound INT = (SELECT Count(*) FROM @DelimiterOffsets);
-- If they requested more delimiters than were found, return the whole string, as per spec.
IF Abs(@Count) > @DelimitersFound
BEGIN
RETURN @InString;
END;
DECLARE @StartSubstring INT = 0;
DECLARE @EndSubstring INT = @OrigLength;
-- OK, now return the part they requested
IF @Count > 0
BEGIN
SET @EndSubstring = (SELECT offset
FROM @DelimiterOffsets
WHERE i = @Count);
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SET @StartSubstring = (SELECT offset + @DelimiterLength
FROM @DelimiterOffsets
WHERE i = (@DelimitersFound + @Count + 1));
END;
RETURN Substring(@InString, @StartSubstring, @EndSubstring);
END;
Go
GRANT EXECUTE ON [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX TO PUBLIC;
-- Tests
DECLARE @TestResults TABLE (i int, answer nVarChar(MAX), expected nVarChar(MAX));
insert into @TestResults
select * from
(
(SELECT 1 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'www.somewebsite.com', N'.', 2) as r, 'www.somewebsite' as e) UNION
(SELECT 2 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'www.yahoo.com', N'.', 2) as r, 'www.yahoo' as e) UNION
(SELECT 3 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'www.outlook.com', N'.', 2) as r, 'www.outlook' as e) UNION
(SELECT 4 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'www.somewebsite.com', N'.', -2) as r, 'somewebsite.com' as e) UNION
(SELECT 5 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'www.yahoo.com', N'.', -2) as r, 'yahoo.com' as e) UNION
(SELECT 6 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'www.outlook.com', N'.', -2) as r, 'outlook.com' as e) UNION
(select 7 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX('hi.you.com','.',2) as r, 'hi.you' as e) UNION
(select 8 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX('hi.you.com','.',-1) as r, 'com' as e) UNION
(select 9 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'prueba','ue',1) as r, 'pr' as e) UNION
(select 10 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'prueba','ue',-1) as r, 'ba' as e) UNION
(select 11 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'prueba','ue',0) as r, '' as e) UNION
(SELECT 12 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom', N'xxx', 2) as r, 'wwwxxxoutlook' as e) UNION
(SELECT 13 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom', N'xxx', -2) as r, 'outlookxxxcom' as e) UNION
(SELECT 14 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom', N'xxx', 5) as r, 'wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom' as e) UNION
(SELECT 15 as i, [dbo].SUBSTRING_INDEX(N'wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom', N'xxx', -5) as r, 'wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom' as e)
) as results;
select tr.i,
tr.answer,
tr.expected,
CASE WHEN tr.answer = tr.expected THEN 'Test Succeeded' ELSE 'Test Failed' END testState
from @TestResults tr
order by i;
Here's a version inspired by Bogdan Sahlean's answer using SQL Server's XML functionality to do the parsing and combining:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.SUBSTRING_INDEX(@InString NVARCHAR(Max),
@Delimiter NVARCHAR(Max),
@Count INT)
RETURNS NVARCHAR(200)
AS
BEGIN
-- If @Count is zero, we return '' as per spec
IF @Count = 0
BEGIN
RETURN '';
END;
-- First we let the XML parser break up the string by @Delimiter.
-- Each parsed value will be <piece>[text]</piece>.
DECLARE @XmlSourceString XML = (select N'<piece>' + REPLACE( (SELECT @InString AS '*' FOR XML PATH('')) , @Delimiter, N'</piece><piece>' ) + N'</piece>');
-- This will contain the final requested string.
DECLARE @Results nVarChar(MAX);
;WITH Pieces(RowNumber, Piece) as
(
-- Take each node in @XmlSourceString, and return it with row numbers
-- which will identify each piece and give us a handle to change the
-- order, depending on the direction of search.
SELECT row_number() over(order by x.XmlCol) as RowNumber,
@Delimiter + x.XmlCol.value(N'(text())[1]', N'NVARCHAR(MAX)') AS '*'
FROM @XmlSourceString.nodes(N'(piece)') x(XmlCol)
), orderedPieces(RowNumber, Piece) as
(
-- Order the pieces normally or reversed depending on whether they want
-- the first @Count pieces or the last @Count pieces.
select TOP (ABS(@Count))
RowNumber,
Piece
from Pieces
ORDER BY CASE WHEN @Count < 0 THEN RowNumber END DESC ,
CASE WHEN @Count > 0 THEN RowNumber END ASC
), combinedPieces(result) as
(
-- Now combine the pieces back together, ordering them by
-- the original order. There will always
-- be an extra @Delimiter on the front of the string.
select CAST(Piece AS VARCHAR(100))
from OrderedPieces
order by RowNumber
FOR XML PATH(N'')
)
-- Finally, strip off the extra delimiter using STUFF and store the string in @Results.
select @Results = STUFF(result, 1, LEN(@Delimiter), '') from combinedPieces;
return @Results;
END;
Running the tests produces this:
i answer expected testState
1 www.somewebsite www.somewebsite Test Succeeded
2 www.yahoo www.yahoo Test Succeeded
3 www.outlook www.outlook Test Succeeded
4 somewebsite.com somewebsite.com Test Succeeded
5 yahoo.com yahoo.com Test Succeeded
6 outlook.com outlook.com Test Succeeded
7 hi.you hi.you Test Succeeded
8 com com Test Succeeded
9 pr pr Test Succeeded
10 ba ba Test Succeeded
11 Test Succeeded
12 wwwxxxoutlook wwwxxxoutlook Test Succeeded
13 outlookxxxcom outlookxxxcom Test Succeeded
14 wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom Test Succeeded
15 wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom wwwxxxoutlookxxxcom Test Succeeded