Posted by Tony Rogerson on 10/06/81 11:52

I looked at ISNUMERIC first but I don't think thats what you are after, but
this will work...

set nocount on

declare @test table (
MyData nvarchar(50) not null
)

insert @test values ( 'thisoneok' )
insert @test values ( 'has123numbers' )

declare @numbers table (
digit char(1) not null
)
insert @numbers values( '0' )
insert @numbers values( '1' )
insert @numbers values( '2' )
insert @numbers values( '3' )
insert @numbers values( '4' )
insert @numbers values( '5' )
insert @numbers values( '6' )
insert @numbers values( '7' )
insert @numbers values( '8' )
insert @numbers values( '9' )

select *,
has_numbers = case when exists (
select *
from @numbers n
where len( replace( t.MyData, n.digit, '' ) ) <>
len( t.MyData )
) then 'Y' else 'N' end
from @test t

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<jaawaad@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1152546853.551581.273620@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>I have a text field in a table that contains number along with chars.
> Is there a way i can write a query to show all the fields that contains
> just Numbers or Char in a field??
>
> TBALE Example
>
> COL1 : COL2(nvarchar)
> ---------------------------
> 100 345G01
> 200 123456789
> 300 GQ9220
>

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