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Search a SQL server field for a creditcard number
SET ROWCOUNT 10000
SELECT SomeField
FROM tablename
WHERE patindex('%[3|4|5|6][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]%',SomeField) > 0
or to get the unique numbers
SET ROWCOUNT 50
SELECT distinct SUBSTRING (SomeField ,patindex('%[3|4|5|6][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]%',SomeField) , 12 )
FROM tablename
WHERE patindex('%[3|4|5|6][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]%',SomeField) > 0
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