Question

I need, if possible, a T-SQL query that will return the values in a specific format from the columns.

I can do this programmatically (c#), but is it possible to do in query using SQL Server 2008 ?

Here’s the current query

select id, server_name, domain_name 
from mastertable

Current output:

id server_name   domanin_name
1  sys1          one.abc.in
2  sys2          two.pqr.in 
3  sys3          three.abc.in 
4  sys4          four.xyz.in

I need to display data as (skip value after (.) for column domain_name):

id server_name domanin_name
1  sys1        one
2  sys2        two
3  sys3        three 
4  sys4        four

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You could try something like:

SELECT id, server_name, SUBSTRING(domain_name, 1, CHARINDEX('.', domain_name) - 1)
FROM mastertable