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Asked: 2026-06-17T13:30:49+00:00

In My SQL I have String like Declare @Temp Varchar(Max) =’Pravin Gaonkar: 12 Jan

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In My SQL I have String like

Declare @Temp Varchar(Max) ='Pravin Gaonkar: 12 Jan 2013 11:56:21 : Hello World 1*Makarand Sawant: 12 Jan 2013 15:36:39 : Hello World 2*Makarand Sawant: 12 Jan 2013 21:21:51 : Hello World 3 *'

I have used ‘*’ As Seprator

I want to retrieve Last String from 2nd Last * Character to Last * Character

in above example the resultant string would be

Makarand Sawant: 12 Jan 2013 21:21:51 : Hello World 3

MY Query 

SELECT Reverse(Left(Reverse(@Temp), Charindex('*', Reverse(@Temp)) -1))

But it is giving me error Invalid length parameter passed to the LEFT or SUBSTRING function.

Database is SQL SERVER 2008

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  1. Editorial Team

    This assumes no characters after the final * and that you have at least 2 * overall.

    SELECT REVERSE(SUBSTRING(LTRIM(Reverse(@Temp)), 2, CHARINDEX('*', @Temp, 2)+1))

    Personally, I would store this in separate clauses and split it in the client code. Java and .net have far better string handling than SQL Server

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