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Actually I think I can do this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-42620898-1">LTRIM(RTRIM(LEFT([LABEL], PATINDEX('%[^0-9A-Za-z]%', [LABEL]) - 1)))</code></pre>
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Actually I think I can do this:



LTRIM(RTRIM(LEFT([LABEL], PATINDEX('%[^0-9A-Za-z]%', [LABEL]) - 1)))

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But only issues is I do want to permit spaces?
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But only issues is I do want to permit spaces?

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Figured it out myself. Thanks anyway
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Hi Guys,<br />
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Does anyone know the syntax in MSSQL to &nbsp;get all the characters left from the first non-alphanumeric character:<br />
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What I have so far is below:<br />
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The LABEL value is 'Joe Bloggs [Duplicate - do not use]'<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-29108707-1">SUBSTRING([LABEL],0,CHARINDEX('[',[LABEL],0))</code></pre>
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This yields &nbsp;'Joe Bloggs ' which is ok but the issue is that someone could put any other character therefore it wouldn't work if someone puts ^ or / etc.<br />
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Could someone please kindly help me withthis?
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Hi Guys,

Does anyone know the syntax in MSSQL to  get all the characters left from the first non-alphanumeric character:

What I have so far is below:

The LABEL value is 'Joe Bloggs [Duplicate - do not use]'

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This yields  'Joe Bloggs ' which is ok but the issue is that someone could put any other character therefore it wouldn't work if someone puts ^ or / etc.

Could someone please kindly help me withthis?

MSSQL syntax to get all text left of first non-alphanumeric character

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