function to remove special characters in sql
Create function [dbo].[RemoveCharSpecialSymbolValue](@str varchar(500))
returns varchar(500)
begin
declare @startingIndex int
set @startingIndex=0
while 1=1
begin
set @startingIndex= patindex('%[^0-9.]%',@str)
if @startingIndex <> 0
begin
set @str = replace(@str,substring(@str,@startingIndex,1),'')
end
else break;
end
return @str
end