SQL400 Strip non-numeric from a column

Builder400 — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:54:43 +0000

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to strip non-numeric characters from a char column?
Example: I have a Clients file, with column “Telephone Number” (CLPhone, 20, A). The thing is, phone number for many clients is filled with different formats.

Example1: (123-12345)
Example2: 123 12345
Example3: 123/12345

And even worse .

Is there a way to select only the numeric value? like in:

Select ClientID, ClientName, StripChars(CLPhone) From Customers

Is there a direct stripping function?

Thanks a ton

Host based Striping of LUNs

Geddesb — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:52:55 +0000

I’m looking for some information regarding host based striping of LUNs – specifically to improve performance.

I have a Raid 5 LUN that hold a database. I know that I have a latency issue on this LUN so i’m debating whether to split the LUN into two seperate Raid 5 LUNS then stipe these using host based techniques – effectively turning the LUNS into a Raid 5+0 stripe set. Does anyone have any experience in using such techniques? Also pro + cons.

Another option would be to create a Raid 1+0 LUN at the array level, I know this is more “expensive” but I would implement this is it offers better performance than the host based Raid 5+0 solution. Can anyone advise which is better? Database is Exchange on Windows 2k3e. Logs LUN report no bottleneck.

Any comments or feedback appreciated
Thanks in advance

The other possibility is

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SQL400 Strip non-numeric from a column

Host based Striping of LUNs