SQL Server: How do you remove punctuation from a field?

Question

Any one know a good way to remove punctuation from a field in SQL Server?

I\'m thinking

UPDATE tblMyTable SET FieldName = REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(FieldNa         


        

Answer 1

You can use regular expressions in SQL Server - here is an article based on SQL 2005:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163473.aspx