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This returns 0<br />
<b>charindex(char(32),'2022AV<wbr />EQENSLEY')<wbr /></b><br />
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Then you actually reduce it by -1<br />
<b>else charindex(char(32),'2022AV<wbr />EQENSLEY')<wbr /> end -1))</b><br />
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You can not pass -1 to CHARINDEX function
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This returns 0
charindex(char(32),'2022AVEQENSLEY')

Then you actually reduce it by -1
else charindex(char(32),'2022AVEQENSLEY') end -1))

You can not pass -1 to CHARINDEX function

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Awesome works the way I want.<br />
Thanks
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Can anyone please tell why this is erroring out<br />
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select &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
case &nbsp;<br />
when isnumeric(left('2022AVEQEN<wbr />SLEY',case<wbr /> when charindex(char(32),'2022AV<wbr />EQENSLEY')<wbr /><br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=0 then 2 <br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;else charindex(char(32),'2022AV<wbr />EQENSLEY')<wbr /> end -1)) = 1 <br />
then left('2022AVEQENSLEY',char<wbr />index(char<wbr />(32),'2022<wbr />AVEQENSLEY<wbr />')-1) <br />
else replace(replace('2022AVEQE<wbr />NSLEY',cha<wbr />r(32),''),<wbr />'.','') <br />
end<br />
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Can anyone please tell why this is erroring out

select		
case  
when isnumeric(left('2022AVEQENSLEY',case when charindex(char(32),'2022AVEQENSLEY')
		=0 then 2 
		else charindex(char(32),'2022AVEQENSLEY') end -1)) = 1 
then left('2022AVEQENSLEY',charindex(char(32),'2022AVEQENSLEY')-1) 
else replace(replace('2022AVEQENSLEY',char(32),''),'.','') 
end
	

sql left and charindexfunction

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