Question

Description:

• I have a column(EmailsAdress) on a
  table(BusinessUsers) on my databases
  that stores email address.

Problem:

• Some of the rows of data have a dot
  at the beginning of this
  column for example
  [e-mail] (The dot i want to get rid of is the dot just before the charater j in jane)
• Some of the rows of data have a dot
  at the end of this
  column for example
  [e-mail]. (The dot i want to get rid of is the dot just after the charater m in com)

Solution:

• I am using SQL Server 2008 is there a T SQL statement that can do that

Thanx in advance

Answer 1

Using native functionality – SUBSTRING

With a period at the start

UPDATE BUSINESSUSERS
   SET emailsaddress = SUBSTRING(emailsaddress, 2, LEN(emailsaddress))
 WHERE emailsaddress LIKE '.%'

With a period at the end

UPDATE BUSINESSUSERS
   SET emailsaddress = SUBSTRING(emailsaddress, 1, LEN(emailsaddress)-1)
 WHERE emailsaddress LIKE '%.'