Question

I am using SQL Server 2005 and I want to extract the alpha part of a string.

i.e.

From ABC123, I would like to get ABC

From AB1234, I would like to get AB.
etc etc.

What is the easiest way to do this?

Answer 1

Always letters then digits i.e. XYZ123 or XZ321 etc – GordyII Mar 2
’10 at 0:26

I know this is an old post BUT… If the quote above is true, then this is easy…

 SELECT LEFT(YourStringColumn, PATINDEX('%[0-9]%',YourStringColumn)-1)
   FROM dbo.YourTable