Question

I want to use a c# function which modifies a string for html valid url name. The function is like below:

public static string HTMLValidName(string input)
{
    string[] pattern = new string[] { "[^a-zA-Z0-9-]", "-+" };
    string[] replacements = new string[] { "-", "-" };
    input = input.Trim();
    input = input.Replace("Ç", "C");
    input = input.Replace("ç", "c");
    input = input.Replace("Ğ", "G");
    input = input.Replace("ğ", "g");
    input = input.Replace("Ü", "U");
    input = input.Replace("ü", "u");
    input = input.Replace("Ş", "S");
    input = input.Replace("ş", "s");
    input = input.Replace("İ", "I");
    input = input.Replace("ı", "i");
    input = input.Replace("Ö", "O");
    input = input.Replace("ö", "o");
    for (int i = 0; i <= pattern.Length - 1; i++)
        input = Regex.Replace(input, pattern[i], replacements[i]);

    while(input.Contains("--"))
    {
        input = input.Replace("--", "-");
    }

    if (input[0] == '-') input = input.Substring(1, input.Length - 1);

    return input;
}

I need to use this function for SQL results. Like SELECT ID FROM Categories WHERE HTMLValidName(Title)=@URLTitle

How can I convert this to a T-SQL function or can I create this function in c#?

Answer 1

You can create a managed user defined function that runs in your SQL server and looks from the outside like a normal user defined function. See here for more info.