SQL Server: any equivalent of strpos()?

Question

I\'m dealing with an annoying database where one field contains what really should be stored two separate fields. So the column is stored something like \"The first string~

Answer 1

The PatIndex function should give you the location of the pattern as a part of a string.

PATINDEX ( '%pattern%' , expression )

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