Regex pattern inside SQL Replace function?

Question

SELECT REPLACE(\'100.00 GB\', \'%^(^-?\\d*\\.{0,1}\\d+$)%\', \'\');

I want to replace any markup between two

Answer 1

Wrapping the solution inside a SQL function could be useful if you want to reuse it. I'm even doing it at the cell level, that's why I'm putting this as a different answer:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnReplaceInvalidChars] (@string VARCHAR(300))
RETURNS VARCHAR(300)
BEGIN
    DECLARE @str VARCHAR(300) = @string;
    DECLARE @Pattern VARCHAR (20) = '%[^a-zA-Z0-9]%';
    DECLARE @Len INT;
    SELECT @Len = LEN(@String); 
    WHILE @Len > 0 
    BEGIN
        SET @Len = @Len - 1;
        IF (PATINDEX(@Pattern,@str) > 0)
            BEGIN
                SELECT @str = STUFF(@str, PATINDEX(@Pattern,@str),1,'');    
            END
        ELSE
        BEGIN
            BREAK;
        END
    END     
    RETURN @str
END