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Find non-alphanumerics in sql
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IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#Numbers') IS NOT NULL | |
BEGIN | |
DROP TABLE #Numbers; | |
END | |
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#rush') IS NOT NULL | |
BEGIN | |
DROP TABLE #rush; | |
END | |
SELECT TOP 255 | |
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) AS Number | |
INTO | |
#Numbers | |
FROM | |
sys.all_columns AS AC; | |
CREATE TABLE #Rush | |
( | |
colid int IDENTITY(1,1) | |
, col1 varchar(2) | |
, col2 int | |
) | |
INSERT INTO | |
#Rush | |
( | |
col1 | |
, col2 | |
) | |
SELECT | |
CHAR(D.rn) AS Col1 | |
, D.rn AS Col2 | |
FROM | |
( | |
SELECT TOP 128 | |
CAST(ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) AS int) AS rn | |
FROM | |
sys.all_columns AS AC | |
)D; | |
-- find the weird stuff | |
SELECT | |
* | |
FROM | |
#Rush AS R | |
CROSS APPLY | |
( | |
SELECT | |
SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1) AS BadCharacter | |
, CASE | |
WHEN ASCII(SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1)) <> 32 | |
THEN CONCAT('_', RIGHT(CONVERT(char(4), CONVERT(varbinary(1), ASCII(SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1))),1),2)) | |
ELSE '_' | |
END AS ReplaceCharacter | |
, ASCII(SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1)) AS AsciiValue | |
FROM | |
#Numbers AS N | |
WHERE | |
N.Number > 0 AND N.Number <= CONVERT(INT, LEN(R.col1)) | |
AND | |
( | |
ASCII(SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1)) = 32 | |
OR LEN(SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1)) = 0 | |
OR SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1) = '' | |
OR PATINDEX('%[^0-9A-Za-z_]%', SUBSTRING(R.col1, N.Number, 1) ) > 0 | |
) | |
)WS | |
ORDER BY | |
1, WS.BadCharacter; |
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