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<pre><code id="code-7971108">SELECT
	SUBSTRING(ColumnName, PATINDEX('%&amp;UserID=%', ColumnName) + LEN('&amp;UserID='), PATINDEX('%&amp;StoreID=%', ColumnName) - PATINDEX('%&amp;UserID=%', ColumnName) + LEN('&amp;UserID='))
FROM
	TableName
WHERE
	PATINDEX('%&amp;UserID=%', ColumnName) &gt; 0</code></pre>
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SELECT
	SUBSTRING(ColumnName, PATINDEX('%&UserID=%', ColumnName) + LEN('&UserID='), PATINDEX('%&StoreID=%', ColumnName) - PATINDEX('%&UserID=%', ColumnName) + LEN('&UserID='))
FROM
	TableName
WHERE
	PATINDEX('%&UserID=%', ColumnName) > 0

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<pre><code id="code-7971109">SELECT
	SUBSTRING(ColumnName, PATINDEX('%&amp;UserID=%', ColumnName) + LEN('&amp;UserID='), PATINDEX('%&amp;StoreID=%', ColumnName) - PATINDEX('%&amp;UserID=%', ColumnName) - LEN('&amp;UserID='))
FROM
	TableName
WHERE
	PATINDEX('%&amp;UserID=%', ColumnName) &gt; 0</code></pre>
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SELECT
	SUBSTRING(ColumnName, PATINDEX('%&UserID=%', ColumnName) + LEN('&UserID='), PATINDEX('%&StoreID=%', ColumnName) - PATINDEX('%&UserID=%', ColumnName) - LEN('&UserID='))
FROM
	TableName
WHERE
	PATINDEX('%&UserID=%', ColumnName) > 0

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I have data in a column that looks like this:<br />
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dbCatalog=DBTEST&amp;UserID=ad<wbr />min&amp;StoreI<wbr />D=12&amp;Group<wbr />=RG_Name&amp;<br />
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When I run a query, I just want to return the UserID (admin) in this scenario.<br />
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How can I do this?
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I have data in a column that looks like this:

dbCatalog=DBTEST&UserID=admin&StoreID=12&Group=RG_Name&

When I run a query, I just want to return the UserID (admin) in this scenario.

How can I do this?

Truncate data in a column?

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